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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc</H1>
<B>Luca Berra</B>
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<I>Tue Oct 12 22:04:38 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 06:02:38PM +0300, Anssi Hannula wrote:
><i>== Do we want a separated core repository?
</I>><i>
</I>><i>No separated core: Fedora, Debian, Opensuse
</I>><i>Separated core: Mandriva (main), Ubuntu (main), Arch (Core)
</I>
i think so, main+contrib is about 20G and some stuff is not really
maintained.
><i>
</I>><i>== What will be officially supported?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> - And what does that mean?
</I>being a non profit, everything that shall be officially supported must
have a sponsor. orphans are not supportable.
><i>
</I>><i>== How are the sections named? :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i>I think I'm in favor of renaming 'contrib' to 'extra'.
</I>sounds nice to me
><i>
</I>><i>== Where do redistributable firmware go (Radeon graphics, Intel WLAN, TG3
</I>><i>ethernet, etc)?
</I>><i>
</I>><i>To main repository: Arch, Fedora, Opensuse, Ubuntu
</I>><i>To the non-free repository: Debian
</I>><i>Case-by-case arbitrary decision: Mandriva
</I>><i>
</I>><i>If we want to separate non-free firmware à la Debian, I guess one option would
</I>><i>be a separate firmware repository... or we could make free-only installation
</I>><i>an expert option. Certainly we want tg3 ethernet and radeon to work on a
</I>><i>standard installation, and for this we really need the firmware.
</I>><i>
</I>><i>I'd probably prefer to put them in main (as all non-Debian ones) but do some
</I>><i>metapackage magic (or similar) to allow blacklisting them easily for those who
</I>><i>want to.
</I>I'm in favor of some kind of separation, if it is by creating a firmware
repo or some packaging magik it is merely a technical question.
><i>
</I>><i>== Where do firmware without license go (DVB, V4L, etc)?
</I>><i>
</I>><i>To unsupported non-free repository: Ubuntu (multiverse) [1],
</I>><i>To unsupported repository without binary packages: Arch (AUR)
</I>><i>Nowhere: Debian, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva
</I>><i>
</I>><i>I guess for this one I'd prefer a helper draktool to handle/download these
</I>><i>instead of shipping them ourselves.
</I>this sounds a nice idea, or do something like the plf flash-player
package
><i>
</I>><i>== What about patents?
</I>
I agree with Olivier on this, mageia as an association should protect
itself from being sued in France, apart from that we should be actively
fighting patents ;)
><i>== If we choose a separate core repository, should we do something regarding
</I>><i> OOo and java?
</I>><i>(there are a million java packages with tight interdependencies, and due to
</I>><i>OOo requiring some of those, we need to ship the whole web in main)
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i>== Do we allow P2P file transfer software?
</I>><i>
</I>><i>Yes: Arch, Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu
</I>><i>No, except torrents: Mandriva
</I>><i>Unknown, at least torrents allowed: Opensuse
</I>if the software is free, yes
Ptp is not illegal anywere, transferring copyrighted materal without
authorization usually is.
><i>== And gaming emulators?
</I>><i>
</I>again, if the software is free, yes
><i>== And DVDCSS, etc?
</I>><i>Allowed: Arch
</I>><i>Not allowed: Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Opensuse, Ubuntu
</I>><i>
</I>><i>This should probably be 'no'.
</I>I'd say yes, in europe it should fall under the interoperability case.
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Luca Berra -- <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bluca at vodka.it</A>
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