[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?

Sat Jul 9 01:04:06 CEST 2011

Wolfgang Bornath a écrit :
+> 2011/7/8 Thorsten van Lil<tvl83 at gmx.de>:
+>> Am 08.07.2011 10:42, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
+>>>
+>>> 2011/7/8 James Kerr<jim at jkerr82508.free-online.co.uk>:
+>>>>
+>>>> This thread has strayed far from the original question, which could be
+>>>> re-stated as:
+>>>>
+>>>> Should tainted free software and tainted nonfree software be commingled
+>>>> in a
+>>>> single tainted repository?
+>>>
+>>> How can tainted software be free software at the same time?
+>>>
+>>
+>> Because free is a matter of license, while tainted is a matter of patents.
+>> For example, the libdvdcss2 is free, as the the source-code is open (GPL)
+>> but it touches the patent issue, so it's tainted.
+>
+> Yes, if you regard patents not as a criterium for free or non-free
+> then this division makes sense.
+>> From that point of view we need the same structure as PLF
+> (tainted-free and tainted-non-free).
+
+As well, the question of patent claims is a totally hypothetical problem, in 
+almost every country -- including the USA -- for mirrors that carry distros 
+like Mageia.
+(In the USA, the patent office used to systematically refuse patent claims on 
+software.  And patents are only examined for conflicting US patents before 
+being registered.  Not for the acceptability of the patent itself.)
+
+So basically, tainted is for the benefit of those who would like to support 
+software patents.
+As non-free is for the benefit of those who would like to support free software.
+
+-- 
+André
+