[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

Wed Oct 13 07:14:48 CEST 2010

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, [UTF-8] Marc ParÃ© wrote:
+
+> Le 2010-10-12 22:04, Tux99 a Ã©crit :
+> >
+> > According to your logic that would mean we can't include ssh, openssl, pgp,
+> > and even https support in any browser.
+> > Does that seems reasonable to you?
+> >
+> > You need to face it, it would be impossible to make a distro that is legal
+> > in every country of the world and at the same time is of any use to the
+> > users.
+> > Therefore I don't see the need why we should comply with US patent laws
+> > when we don't comply with for example Chinese encryption laws.
+> >
+> 
+> All of your points are exactly what I am trying to point out and even 
+> reinforce my concerns. These are all true. This is why, in my opinion, 
+> the Mageia distro should not be installing all of these controversial 
+> software packages by default.
+
+Are you seriously suggesting Mageia should produce a distro without ssh, 
+openssl and even with all browsers stripped of https support?
+
+I can imagine how popular that would be with the majority of users...
+
+> This would then remove that layer of liability from the Mageia 
+> project group. In my opinion, Mageia should be wary in wanting to 
+> install a fully functioning distro if this means using software packages 
+> that may get it into trouble (Mageia itself).
+
+But here lies the mistake in your reasoning. Mageia doesn't have to 
+exclude all those packages, since the only liability Mageia has, is 
+towards the French laws.
+
+So the sensible choice is to base the choice of packages to include on 
+French law. It is up to the user to make sure he/she only installs and 
+uses packages that are legal in his/her country.
+
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