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

Fri Oct 15 21:05:16 CEST 2010

Le 2010-10-15 07:42, Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
+> 2010/10/15 Anssi Hannula<anssi.hannula at iki.fi>:
+>>
+>> Seems sensible to ask the mirror owners. It is possible some of them have not
+>> been aware of the problem at all, so I think we should make sure they
+>> understand that Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc. also contain patented technologies
+>> (to avoid the situation where they are willing to mirror Ubuntu/Debian/Arch
+>> but not allow patented software in Mageia, just because the other
+>> distributions didn't notify them of the issue; if they don't want to mirror
+>> Mageia if it contained patent-encumbered software, they really shouldn't be
+>> mirroring those other distributions either).
+>
+> As mirror maintainer/owner of Mandriva Linux and future Mageia
+> (ftp.mandrivauser.de) I discussed this problem with my friends and we
+> decided not to mirror PLF although a German university does
+> (ftp.gwdg.de). The point is that our mirror is hosted on a private
+> server where just one person is liable (me, unfortunately). But we
+> also decided to mirror the non-free branch of Mandriva Linux. There is
+> non-free and there is patented and/or legally unclear software - we
+> will definitely stay away from the latter when mirroring Mageia.
+> Making a difference between such software on the parent mirror will
+> make it easy for mirrors such as ours. Distributing such software in
+> the same branches as "normal" software will make it impossible to
+> mirror Mageia.
+>
+
+Thanks for the post Wobo. You are the first response to this discussion 
+that has shown a "real life / concrete" example of the concern that one 
+has to consider when mirroring packages.
+
+I really think that this thread is leading nowhere and it obviously 
+needs to be discussed with the main devs and Mageia core group along 
+with individuals knowledgeable in international law, if we want to set 
+things straight right from the start.
+
+Marc
+
+