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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc</H1>
<B>andré</B>
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<I>Wed Oct 13 16:54:10 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>Romain d'Alverny a écrit :
><i> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 06:50, Marc Paré<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">marc at marcpare.com</A>> wrote:
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> Let the user then assume that responsibility/liability.
</I>>><i> This is where, I consider the "easy urpmi" served its purpose well. It
</I>>><i> installed repos where the available software that most users would need was
</I>>><i> made available, but this again was by user choice.
</I>>><i>
</I>><i> I don't really see how this would "fix" the issue; by using a
</I>><i> third-party repository (plf or through easy urpmi) you just move the
</I>><i> concerns to another provider:
</I>><i> - if the user is liable anyway, having a single or several providers
</I>><i> doesn't matter;
</I>><i> - if the user is not liable anyway, having several providers only
</I>><i> moves the liability from one provider to the other one.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> This particular point, about _patented_ software is a tricky one
</I>><i> indeed. Dealing with local/international laws is tricky. Especially
</I>><i> when both change over time.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> However, first point is not to mix different issues here:
</I>><i> - supported software and not-supported (and what means "supported")
</I>><i> - free vs. non-free/proprietary software (as in FSF/OSI definitions)
</I>><i> - gratis vs. paid software
</I>><i> - for non-free software, distribution/usage cases may be tricky
</I>><i> (skype, opera for instance)
</I>><i> - software implementation/distribution that violates/have to comply
</I>><i> specific laws (encryption, DRMs)
</I>><i> - for patented software/methods, implementation/distribution/usage
</I>><i> cases are tricky as well (a patent may or may not block you from using
</I>><i> the method, depends on who holds the patent and for what purpose).
</I>><i> - maybe more with more details; Anssi pretty much defined categories
</I>><i> in his first message here.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> We definitely can't say bluntly "let's ignore all laws because we
</I>><i> can't enforce them all". We must define our policies for what goes in
</I>><i> Mageia repositories, what stays out, what goes out (and why). These
</I>><i> policies must align with (and be part of) Mageia values and direction.
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</I>><i> Cheers,
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Romain
</I>><i>
</I>A good summary of the issues involved
- André (andre999)
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