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It +</I>><i> became a matter of user choice. By installing, by default, +</I>><i> non-licensed software you are not giving the user the choice. You are +</I>><i> then targeting a group of users who can install without legal +</I>><i> consequence. If Mageia.ca or Mageia.us etc. decided to organize, then +</I>><i> as entities, they would then become liable for the publication of +</I>><i> illegal software. In Canada, they are a little more lenient than in +</I>><i> the US. I cannot imagine anyone organising such a group in the US +</I>><i> where they would accept liability for this. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If there is a choice of installing non-licensed software, then it +</I>><i> should be done at the user level and not at the Mageia level. +</I>><i> Non-licensed software will not be accepted by any educational +</I>><i> establishments, business, government, associations ... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The safest route is to offer FOSS software (they are well known and +</I>><i> many have had their code audited) and leave the "fringe" softs on a +</I>><i> repo that is left to the users' choice as install. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I thought that PLF were on board with the Mageia project. Does anyone +</I>><i> know? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I> +And why don't we affect specific packages to the country exactly like +the localization is affected ? In France too the default install is +certainly the choice of the educational establishments ... but in french +FR_FR, not in EN_US. +So, why not a pre-selection of certain kind of packages in the same time +of selection of the country in the install menu ? + +Suggestion : (don't beat me please) : + +Actually, we have team for translating the texts ... why not somes teams +for choose between "free or not free" packages in localized variation of +Mageia. +I know PLF (without that, no Mandriva on my PC), but I think that +waiting the PLF adaptation, or have garbage free packages after PLF +installation is not optimal. + + + +Own remark : (No, no, don't beat ...) + +Mageia is new, young, dynamical ... I suggest to use this situation for +don't go in the same ways than the others ... With "free + PLF", we +don't inovate in regard of the existing Mandriva / OpenSuse / Ubuntu / +Slac/ etc ... etc ... we only repeat the old schema. Why do a new distro +also ? + + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001102.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001105.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1104">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1104">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1104">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1104">[ 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> |