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+ Anssi Hannula + anssi.hannula at iki.fi +
+ Fri Dec 10 12:55:01 CET 2010 +

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Just some smallish notes regarding other distros..
+
+On 10.12.2010 12:22, andre999 wrote:
+> Debian uses the same names main, contrib, non-free, with explicit policy
+> close to Mandriva practices.
+> In the same policy page, they say that patent-contrained software goes
+> into non-free, then further down they say that it can be excluded.
+> http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html
+
+Interesting.. this doesn't seem to correspond to reality (they have e.g.
+ffmpeg with patent-constrained codecs enabled).
+
+[...]
+> Fedora package acceptance policy is explicitly dictated by RedHat.
+> Includes only free packages (thus excluding redistributable drivers),
+> plus excludes legally constrained packages.
+> Fedora is the only distro reviewed here which does not accept non-free
+> packages.
+
+They allow non-free firmware:
+http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware
+
+> However, given that RedHat sells their versions of Linux (with support),
+> one could question the motivation of the Fedora policy.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
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