Hi Rahul, On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Certificate authority is Verisign and this is purely between Red Hat and > the vendor. There is no money charged for users. Users will never be > asked to pay money to install or use Fedora. I am more worried about "free" as in freedom. I don't quite grasp the implications as an end user. For example consider the following scenarios. Can I freely choose to use proprietary (or for that matter alternative free) drivers for my hardware from whatever source I prefer? A few years back I was in a situation where my USB Wi-Fi dongle was not yet supported by Fedora and I had to get the binary blob firmware from the linux kernel wireless page and manually install and load it by hand to use my hardware. Will I be able to do that with ease in the future? Similarly, can I choose to install proprietary drivers or kernel modules not distributed with Fedora from what ever source I wish (RPMFusion, Vendor etc.)? I realise I can turn Secure Boot off, but hardware manufacturers have often dropped the ball on complying with standards. What if the next generation of motherboards/laptops make it harder to turn off secure boot? Just to make it clear, the questions above are not rhetorical. I just want to understand better the implications as an end-user. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
