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

+ Wolfgang Bornath + molch.b at googlemail.com +
+ Sat Jul 9 12:32:51 CEST 2011 +

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+ +
2011/7/9 andre999 <andr55 at laposte.net>:
+> 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.
+
+You say that people who obey to the laws of their country are to blame
+for obeying these laws? That's ridiculous.
+The fact that nobody (in FOSS community) has been called to court yet
+does not mean that the related laws do not exist!
+The Debian paper (Romain linked to) has an answer to the reasons.
+
+Besides, tainted is not only about patents, it's also about software
+which is illegal in certain countries (like libdvdcss).
+
+-- 
+wobo
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