[Mageia-sysadm] Packages SVN

Wed Nov 3 21:25:56 CET 2010

Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org> writes:
+
+>> > For data ( icones, theme, images ), we can simply put them outside of
+>> > the svn, like we plan to do for tarballs. 
+>> 
+>> The plan is to put tarballs in an additional SVN, right?
+>> We still have to deal with that.
+>
+> I tought the plan was to place the tarball outside of a VCS, ie either
+> download it on demand, or placed in a cache. So we could simply remove
+> them from the cache when needed.
+>
+> Now, maybe I misunderstood the new system, so could you explain what it
+> will be ?
+
+I didn't go much in details in the repsys doc boklm sent in the initial
+message of this thread, but IIRC, it mentionned having a SVN repo for
+SOURCES-bin
+
+>> IHMO, we shouldn't take the risk of hosting Mandriva material, even if
+>> this will slow down the process.
+>
+> We would not be more at fault than plf.zarb.org or any mirrors on that
+> regard ( especially mirrors ). And they could hardly say "using our GPL
+> software is a violation of our trademark" without being inconsistent on
+> that matter, and they didn't protect their mark . 
+
+Using their free software is ok, but using it by keeping their brand
+is probably not.
+
+> Hence my request for a specialized lawyer for the non visible cases, and
+> see what would be considered as a fair use based on existing judgement.
+
+Agreed
+
+> While I agree that we should of course not use the name Mandriva in a
+> very visible way ( since this is not a method ), having it in the svn
+> for a non released software is likely less a problem. 
+>
+> For example, based on the only similar case of people who have been
+> really sued and lost I can think of ( ie mandrake ), there is still case
+> where Mandrake word is displayed :
+
+[...]
+
+> They have likely contacted a lawyer ( at least, I hope so, even if we
+> cannot be sure ), and based on that decided that this were fair use of
+> the trademark ( at least, the lawyer of the opposite party did ). 
+>
+> Or maybe they are just careless or too busy, given the problem in
+> FAQ :/ 
+
+I think that Hearst was more concerned about the company and product
+names (as well as images), it was probably not very cost-effective for
+them to push too much in details.
+But in our case, we are operating in the same market as Mandriva, and
+they could get very picky.
+
+-- 
+Olivier Blin - blino
+