[Mageia-dev] About panotools patent problem (and other problematic rpms)

Sat Feb 26 20:10:43 CET 2011

On 26.02.2011 07:35, andre999 wrote:
+> Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
+>>
+>> Op donderdag 24 februari 2011 16:08:51 schreef Anne nicolas:
+>>> 2011/2/24 Thierry Vignaud<thierry.vignaud at gmail.com>:
+>>>> On 24 February 2011 07:13, andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>  wrote:
+>>>>>> And if you discussed the issue and your POV wasn't adapted, what's
+>>>>>> the
+>>>>>> point re-emerging it now given that changing the new isn't easy now
+>>>>>> that the infra- is already in place.
+>>>>>
+>>>>> In 4+ months, a lot will be changed/corrected.
+>>>>> In my mind, this inappropriate name will tarnish Mageia.
+>>>>> We can surely find a much more appropriate name.
+>>>>> Since the repositories in question are empty, and will never be very
+>>>>> big, the cost of changing is minimal.
+>>>>
+>>>> Then what do you suggest?
+>>>> (Remember we already have that discussion)
+>>>> "half free" :-)
+>>>> "maybe free"
+>>>> "free&  maybe patent-free in your country"/release
+>>>> "not sure" (special idiocraty for blino&pterjan) (me slapping enael
+>>>> for having let those guys view that film)
+>>>
+>>> As a side note, let me protest against this. I was a victim and had to
+>>> watch it 3 or 4 times
+>>
+>> i'm really curious about the movie now...
+> 
+> me too :)
+> 
+> actually, any of those suggestions would be an improvement ;)
+> I did suggest "contrained".
+> Ubuntu uses "restricted" and/or "multiverse" (which include mostly
+> non-free packages), and there were a lot of other suggestions.
+> There was only ONE that seemed inappropriate.
+
+Ubuntu's "multiverse" and "restricted" contain non-free packages only.
+Packages in "tainted" are all free packages.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+