NoBlobsByDefaultPetition

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Dear Mark, dear Ubuntu developers,

We the undersigned petition you to reconsider your decision of including binary drivers by default in the next Ubuntu release. We believe, as you do, that it should be as easy as possible for end users to enable extra functionality via closed software when necessary and if they so wish, but only after an explicit acknowledgement and only after being informed about the issues at stake and possible alternatives. Users can be given the option to install closed drivers/software during installation or soon after installation or when an application that may require such software is run for the first time. It is a small change, but one that will avoid dividing the community on an issue that many hold dear, without sacrificing ease of use and product appeal. We therefore encourage you to opt for easy-installation as opposed to pre-installation.

Many thanks for your attention,

  1. Agostino Russo
  2. Onkar Shinde
  3. Steven Dilworth
  4. Florent Mertens
  5. Slava Chemodanov
  6. Dan Bishop

  7. João Crespo - Why not let the problem of blobs instalation up to the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonCustomizations common customizations] spec (a GUI somewhere at system » administration or something similar)? is the solution found to all the other non-free stuff instead of bundling with for default or asking the user during the install if he wants flash, codecs, etc....

  8. TobySmithe

  9. Alon Zakai
  10. Volker Löchte
  11. Roy Schestowitz
  12. Shane Coyle
  13. Stian Rødven Eide
  14. Mark Grandi - just make it so during installation, tells you about them, and asks you if you want them or not.
  15. Mackenzie Morgan

  16. Stuart McNeill

  17. Dustin Widmann
  18. Tareeq Ali
  19. Andrew Poelstra

  20. FirdausAziz

  21. Matthew Flaschen
  22. Terry Harrison
  23. Ali Davoodifar
  24. Albert van Aardt
  25. Jeffrey Parke
  26. Warbo
  27. David Nielsen - First it was wifi, then it was graphics. What freedom and supportability is going to fall at the hand of temporary highly limited functionality next? Instead of doing this we should fund and support work towards bridging the functionality gap with free drivers.
  28. Lloyd Almeida
  29. Guy Johnston - I only use GNU/Linux and other free software for the freedom it allows me. My next installation is likely to be gNewSense. If this increase in installing proprietary software by default continues, it definitely will be, and I won't use Ubuntu or any of its official variants again.
  30. James Buchanan
  31. Paulo Gomes
  32. Matthias Lehr
  33. Lutz Reinhardt
  34. Saul Goode
  35. Holger Bauer
  36. Jan Rathmann
  37. Gregor Geiermann
  38. Tim Pretz
  39. Frederik Tuczek
  40. Norbert Fabritius
  41. Anke Kernbach
  42. Marc Hildebrandt
  43. Alexander Menk
  44. Marcus Fihlon
  45. Maxim Lapis
  46. Sebastian Kotowski
  47. Xinchi Yu
  48. Michael Kehraus
  49. Rüdiger Dick -Duisburger Linux User Group ( www.dulug.de )
  50. Amir Hadi
  51. Chris Lees
  52. Thorsten Tasch
  53. Dimitri Vorona (aka Alendit)
  54. Christian Schoch
  55. Søren Schneider
  56. Simon Schlosser

  57. Matthias Mailänder - via http://www.ubuntuusers.de/ikhaya/354/

  58. Clemens Blank - via http://www.ubuntuusers.de/ikhaya/354/

  59. David Becher
  60. Sven Jaborek, people who want blobby linux should go to novell

  61. Andreas Gutowski - via http://www.ubuntuusers.de/ikhaya/354/

  62. Roberto Amato - via http://www.ubuntuusers.de/ikhaya/354/