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This is where a great Mageia Community would delegate the CD +</I>>>><i> burning to a member or "neighbour". Maybe even offer some help with +</I>>>><i> installation and trouble-shooting too. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Yes, that is the spirit of my suggestion (and that does not go far +</I>>><i> beyond what is happening all the time in a forum). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I start wondering: is there a hidden formal issue with sending CDROMs +</I>>><i> "left and right" - not within a more or less well-defined Mageia-userxx +</I>>><i> community? Certainly no problem if I give a couple of CDROMs to some +</I>>><i> neighbours I know (for instance via forum acquaintanceship). But what if +</I>>><i> I do the same thing with people I dont know at all? and, moreover, if I +</I>>><i> start claiming that I do this "on behalf of / by delegation from Mageia? +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Would be good if - once the time comes - Mageia formulates a couple of +</I>>><i> words on what Mageia considers good practice, and what not. +</I>Good idea. + +><i> Yes, then, it would be good if Mageia had a policy regarding the +</I>><i> burning of discs. However, let's remember that a user asking for a DVD +</I>><i> due to his not being able to download from the Mageia site is asking +</I>><i> for help to download the Mageia product from the Mageia site. She/He +</I>><i> could in essence be given a computer a the Community (headquarters) +</I>><i> and he/she could download and burn the ISO. There would be no need for +</I>><i> a policy in this case. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Now if a member of the Community did the same, would this be in the +</I>><i> name of the Mageia group. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I can see where the Community "mass" produced the discs and started +</I>><i> passing them to complete strangers who had no idea of Mageia, well, +</I>><i> then there should be a policy about the burning and of the community +</I>><i> involvement. +</I>Yes. We really would prefer that Mageia ISOs not be considered +"interesting" frisbees :) +><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I> +There is already a policy in the GPL license - we are free to copy and +distribute as long as we don't remove copyright notices. +So there is no problem copying and distributing an identical copy of an +official ISO. +Any non-GPL package on the ISO would be freely distributable with the ISO. +(Mandriva/Mageia have the right to distribute the ISO with its content, +and are not adding any restrictions to those that copy the ISO.) +This also applies to any complete package from an ISO or repository, +with the possible exception of certain non-free packages, according to +their particular license. + +I can see Mageia having suggestions on best practices for distributing +ISOs, for instance always verifying the checksum, and ensuring that the +checksum is available on an accessible web site. +Since Mageia and mirrors will already have the checksums available for +official ISOs, it is easier to distribute copies of official ISOs. + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002793.html">[Mageia-discuss] Mageia-discuss Digest, Vol 2, Issue 137 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002798.html">[Mageia-discuss] "Beginner" "Medium" "Advanced" and "Expert" +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2796">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2796">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2796">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2796">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |