[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Sat Nov 27 01:02:54 CET 2010

Op zaterdag 27 november 2010 00:51:59 schreef Romain d'Alverny:
+> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 00:44, Maarten Vanraes
+> 
+> <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> > Op zaterdag 27 november 2010 00:25:17 schreef Thomas Backlund:
+> > [...]
+> > 
+> >> > A) i see no reason for codecs and firmware to be separate. However, i
+> >> > do understand that some people would not want to install firmware,
+> >> > but i think we should do this in another way, (like installing a meta
+> >> > package that enforces some limits.)
+> >> > codecs seem odd to be separate, if they have patented problems they
+> >> > should go in non_free, if no problem, they can go in core.
+> >> 
+> >> That is doable.
+> >> The reason for having it separate was because its the most "problematic"
+> >> one. (codecs have more issues than firmware)
+> > 
+> > What i meant here, is why is firmware separate from core? why is codecs
+> > separate from core?
+> > 
+> > imo, i would put firmware and codecs in either core or non_free.
+> 
+> I guess we should separate concerns?
+>  - non_free as in "not (really) free software" (source code may be
+> available, but license, redistribution conditions, etc.)
+>  - problematic stuff as in "binary closed thing" (most firmware, but
+> not only eventually)
+>  - problematic stuff as in "(likely) patented" (some codecs)
+> 
+> so that we don't mix issues when one has to decide what to mirror/use or
+> not.
+> 
+> 
+> Romain
+
+imo, non_free should contain software that's allowed to be redistributed but:
+ - has conditions
+ - has no redistributable source
+ - has restrictions
+ - etc...
+