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Wilcox Jr.</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Repository%20question%3A%20where%20do%20we%20put%0A%09non-free%2Btainted%20RPMs%3F&In-Reply-To=%3C201107121204.16371.ewilcox%40bex.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?">ewilcox at bex.net + </A><BR> + <I>Tue Jul 12 18:04:16 CEST 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006582.html">[Mageia-dev] mgarepo howto +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006548.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6547">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6547">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6547">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6547">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>><i> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:16:24 +0200 +</I>><i> From: Wolfgang Bornath <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">molch.b at googlemail.com</A>> +</I>><i> To: Mageia development mailing-list <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">mageia-dev at mageia.org</A>> +</I>><i> Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put +</I>><i> non-free+tainted RPMs? +</I>Message-ID: + <CA+h4nj6KtYu8vUFcZ4mWUO08J5ZyxB5XnN2bsSLoqm8R7w6E=<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">w at mail.gmail.com</A>> +><i> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2011/7/12 andre999 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">andr55 at laposte.net</A>>: +</I>><i> > Wolfgang Bornath a ?crit : +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> 2011/7/9 andre999<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">andr55 at laposte.net</A>>: +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> Wolfgang Bornath a ?crit : +</I>><i> >>>> +</I>><i> >>>> 2011/7/8 Thorsten van Lil<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tvl83 at gmx.de</A>>: +</I>><i> >>>>> +</I>><i> >>>>> Am 08.07.2011 10:42, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath: +</I>><i> >>>>>> +</I>><i> >>>>>> 2011/7/8 James Kerr<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk</A>>: +</I>><i> >>>>>>> +</I>><i> >>>>>>> This thread has strayed far from the original question, > which +</I>could +><i> >>>>>>> be +</I>><i> >>>>>>> re-stated as: +</I>><i> >>>>>>> +</I>><i> >>>>>>> Should tainted free software and tainted nonfree software be +</I>><i> >>>>>>> commingled +</I>><i> >>>>>>> in a +</I>><i> >>>>>>> single tainted repository? +</I> +... + +><i> >> Besides, tainted is not only about patents, it's also about software +</I>><i> >> which is illegal in certain countries (like libdvdcss). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Ok, a relatively limited application. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > So in all, maybe a handful of packages at most should be in tainted. +</I>><i> > So why do we have more than 150 ? +</I> +><i> Sorry, but I do not understand your way of thinking. If a law exists +</I>><i> it exists. It does not matter to a law whether it is likely to be +</I>><i> enforced. Period. +</I>><i> This is not paranoia, it is a matter of mind set. If robbery would not +</I>><i> be prosecuted, would you go out and earn your doe by taking away +</I>><i> handbags from old ladies? You would not, because it is wrong. For +</I>><i> those who are living in countries where patents are valid and accepted +</I>><i> by the law, using a patented software is wrong. So you must accept +</I>><i> that there are people who would not do it. Telling them how they +</I>><i> should think about it is not ours. That's why we have the tainted +</I>><i> repo. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> wobo +</I> ++1 + +I live in the USA, and while I do not personally support the concept of +software pantents, I also do not want to violate them as long as they are +leagally recognized where I live. + +For me, this is not a matter of risk, but one of ethics, morality, and +respect. IMHO, the fact that my Countries Society recognizes patents as being +legally binding makes it my responsibility to honor them, so I want to know if +a software package may be affected by one or more patent(s) before I install it +on my computer. If I know that (for example) package foo is affected by a +patent, I can search for the patent holder, and make contact to request +permission to ust the software, then abide with their response. This way, I +fulfill my obligation to ask permission before using software that is (or may +be) affected by some one elses property. I would no more use patented software +without permission here in the USA than I would take my neighbor's lawnmower +to cut my grass without his permission. + +I understand that the following may not be practicable, but I would like all +software that is affected by a patent (and perhaps other licensing or copyright +restrictions) to be placed in a "restricted" (tainted) repository. Also I +would like to see patent (or contact) information in the software package's +description to help facilitate my ability to ask permission to use the +software. By doing these things, Mageia is doing more to support my ability to +live by my personal convictions than to support patent law. + +Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. +Registered Linux User 247790 +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006582.html">[Mageia-dev] mgarepo howto +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006548.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6547">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6547">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6547">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6547">[ 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> |