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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc</H1>
<B>Marc Paré</B>
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<I>Wed Oct 13 07:24:32 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>Le 2010-10-13 01:14, Tux99 a écrit :
><i> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010, [UTF-8] Marc Paré wrote:
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> Le 2010-10-12 22:04, Tux99 a écrit :
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> According to your logic that would mean we can't include ssh, openssl, pgp,
</I>>>><i> and even https support in any browser.
</I>>>><i> Does that seems reasonable to you?
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> You need to face it, it would be impossible to make a distro that is legal
</I>>>><i> in every country of the world and at the same time is of any use to the
</I>>>><i> users.
</I>>>><i> Therefore I don't see the need why we should comply with US patent laws
</I>>>><i> when we don't comply with for example Chinese encryption laws.
</I>>>><i>
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</I>>><i> All of your points are exactly what I am trying to point out and even
</I>>><i> reinforce my concerns. These are all true. This is why, in my opinion,
</I>>><i> the Mageia distro should not be installing all of these controversial
</I>>><i> software packages by default.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Are you seriously suggesting Mageia should produce a distro without ssh,
</I>><i> openssl and even with all browsers stripped of https support?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I can imagine how popular that would be with the majority of users...
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> This would then remove that layer of liability from the Mageia
</I>>><i> project group. In my opinion, Mageia should be wary in wanting to
</I>>><i> install a fully functioning distro if this means using software packages
</I>>><i> that may get it into trouble (Mageia itself).
</I>><i>
</I>><i> But here lies the mistake in your reasoning. Mageia doesn't have to
</I>><i> exclude all those packages, since the only liability Mageia has, is
</I>><i> towards the French laws.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> So the sensible choice is to base the choice of packages to include on
</I>><i> French law. It is up to the user to make sure he/she only installs and
</I>><i> uses packages that are legal in his/her country.
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Obviously running in circles here, I guess we both have our opinions and
we let it rest at that.
Marc
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