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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101012/001117.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101012/001117.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a327ff143 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20101012/001117.html @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mageia%20repository%20sections%2C%20licenses%2C%20restrictions%2C%0A%09firmware%20etc&In-Reply-To=%3C41e.4cb4d710%40mageia.linuxtech.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="001113.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="001116.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc</H1> + <B>Tux99</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Mageia%20repository%20sections%2C%20licenses%2C%20restrictions%2C%0A%09firmware%20etc&In-Reply-To=%3C41e.4cb4d710%40mageia.linuxtech.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc">tux99-mga at uridium.org + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Oct 12 23:45:54 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001113.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001116.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1117">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1117">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1117">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1117">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE> + +Quote: marc wrote on Tue, 12 October 2010 19:31 + +><i> The safest route is to offer FOSS software (they are well known and +</I>><i> many +</I>><i> have had their code audited) and leave the "fringe" softs on a repo +</I>><i> that +</I>><i> is left to the users' choice as install. +</I> +Marc, FOSS has nothing to do with whether a particular software infringes +on patents in some countries or not, don't confuse the COPYRIGHT license +with patents issues. + +There is plenty of pure FOSS software that is infringing on some patents +(primarily in the US with their free-for-all software patent policy), in +fact given the amount of software patents granted in the US I wouldn't be +surprised if most FOSS software (actually most software, not just FOSS) +infringes some patent in the US (heck, even MS Office just got caught +infringing on some patent held by some patent-troll). + +This starts from the Linux kernel all the way to apps like OOo, there is +simply no way to make a distro that is patent-safe according to US laws. + +Why do you think Canonical is incorporated in the UK and not in the US? + +Why do you think Novell made the patent-protection agreement with +Microsoft? + +The only major commercial Linux distro that is based in US is Redhat and +that's probably only because at the time they were founded the patents +issue in the US didn't exist yet (at least not like these days). + +We cannot base our distro on the ridiculous patents laws of the US, first +of all there is no legal reason to do so, and second why should users all +around the world suffer US patent laws despite they don't apply to them? + +Having separate plf repos IS A MAJOR OBSTACLE for new users (and for +packagers probably too), first of all because most have no idea that these +exist and then even if they find out you need to consider all those users +on dialup for whom downloading many megabytes of replacement plf packages +is a major problem. + +So again, I suggest we include all the important codecs and +drivers/firmware that help the user to have a great out-of-the-box +experience with Mageia, but we add a question during installation so the +user can decide if he wants to install them or not. + +This should keep everybody happy, I don't see why this couldn't be +agreeable for you. + +-- +Mageia ML Forum Gateway: <A HREF="http://mageia.linuxtech.net/forum/">http://mageia.linuxtech.net/forum/</A> +</PRE> + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001113.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001116.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1117">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1117">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1117">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1117">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |