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Wilcox Jr. wrote: + +>><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 <mageia-dev- +</I><A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">odJJhXpcy38dnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org</A>> +>><i> Subject: Re: [Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put +</I>>><i> non-free+tainted RPMs? +</I>><i> Message-ID: +</I>><i> <CA+h4nj6KtYu8vUFcZ4mWUO08J5ZyxB5XnN2bsSLoqm8R7w6E=<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">w at mail.gmail.com</A>> +</I>>><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<jim- +</I>t9WuiTNHXmZ/<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pmDbDnXM4b3SaDeIAXZp0Fzj8UutsXo at public.gmane.org</A>>: +>><i> >>>>>>> +</I>>><i> >>>>>>> This thread has strayed far from the original question, > which +</I>><i> could +</I>>><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> +</I>><i> ... +</I>><i> +</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> +</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>><i> +</I>><i> +1 +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I live in the USA, and while I do not personally support the concept of +</I>><i> software pantents, I also do not want to violate them as long as they are +</I>><i> leagally recognized where I live. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> For me, this is not a matter of risk, but one of ethics, morality, and +</I>><i> respect. IMHO, the fact that my Countries Society recognizes patents as being +</I>><i> legally binding makes it my responsibility to honor them, so I want to know if +</I>><i> a software package may be affected by one or more patent(s) before I install it +</I>><i> on my computer. If I know that (for example) package foo is affected by a +</I>><i> patent, I can search for the patent holder, and make contact to request +</I>><i> permission to ust the software, then abide with their response. This way, I +</I>><i> fulfill my obligation to ask permission before using software that is (or may +</I>><i> be) affected by some one elses property. I would no more use patented software +</I>><i> without permission here in the USA than I would take my neighbor's lawnmower +</I>><i> to cut my grass without his permission. +</I> +Does that lawnmower have wheels on it? The wheel has been patented. +<www.ipmenu.com/archive/AUI_2001100012.pdf> + +I do not live in the USA. I am not a lawyer. + +If you are interested, I can give you some background about why I +laugh at some patents. + +><i> I understand that the following may not be practicable, but I would like all +</I>><i> software that is affected by a patent (and perhaps other licensing or copyright +</I>><i> restrictions) to be placed in a "restricted" (tainted) repository. Also I +</I>><i> would like to see patent (or contact) information in the software package's +</I>><i> description to help facilitate my ability to ask permission to use the +</I>><i> software. By doing these things, Mageia is doing more to support my ability to +</I>><i> live by my personal convictions than to support patent law. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. +</I>><i> Registered Linux User 247790 +</I> + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006611.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006635.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#6633">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6633">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6633">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6633">[ 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> |