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All non-free goes into non-free +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> 2. Software which may be illegal in some countries (mostly because of +</I>>>><i> licensing) will go into tainted. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> That's all. Clear and simple. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> The question about GPL or other free licenses is not touched by +</I>>>><i> tainted. So, everything which does not have to go to tainted will go +</I>>>><i> to free (core) or non-free, depending on it's status. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Indeed. <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=licensing_policy#acceptable_licenses">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=licensing_policy#acceptable_licenses</A> +</I>>><i> says: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> "The tainted section accepts software under a license that is might be +</I>>><i> free or open source and which cannot be redistributed publicly in +</I>>><i> certain areas in the world, or due to patents issues." +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Reformulating it in an other, more explicit way maybe: +</I>>><i> - "core" hosts 100% free software that can be redistributed anywhere +</I>>><i> (or almost, the world is a bit more complicated than that) +</I>>><i> - "nonfree" hosts non-free software that can be redistributed anywhere (same) +</I>>><i> - "tainted" hosts all the rest, be it free software or not. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Third point is wrong, "a license that is might be free or open +</I>><i> source", which, I think, means only software with an open source +</I>><i> software License. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Although the wording should be clearer / more precise. +</I>><i> +</I> +The reason why we have tainted is, that there are patents, which +restrain some user to use this software. So, it's a question of +legality, which should get the higher priority. The differentiation if +it's free or not-free is only a question of ideology. + +Therefore, for me the situation is very simple. If there are +questionable patents for a software, we have to put it in tainted +(otherwise we destroy the whole idea of core/non-free/tainted). There is +no other option. We may can think about a tainted-free and +tainted-nonfree (like PLF) but IMHO it's not needed and as long as we +don't have such a repo, all tainted packages have to be put into tainted +(no matter what license they use). + +Regards, +Thorsten +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006398.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006402.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#6399">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6399">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6399">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6399">[ 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> |