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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two</H1>
<B>Ahmad Samir</B>
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<I>Mon Dec 6 13:04:28 CET 2010</I>
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<PRE>On 6 December 2010 12:37, Daniel Kreuter
<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">daniel.kreuter85 at googlemail.com</A>> wrote:
><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Ahmad Samir <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com</A>>
</I>><i> wrote:
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</I>>><i> On 6 December 2010 09:29, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ewilcox at bex.net</A>> wrote:
</I>>><i> > With regard to the naming of the repository dediocated to software
</I>>><i> > tainted
</I>>><i> > with a patent, etc., How about "non-GPL"? I think that such a name
</I>>><i> > should be
</I>>><i> > well understood by users of nearly any language, particularly if they
</I>>><i> > are
</I>>><i> > familiar with the GPL.
</I>>><i> >
</I>>><i> > My2cents
</I>>><i> > --
</I>>><i> > Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
</I>>><i> > Registered Linux User 247790
</I>>><i> > ICQ 41060744
</I>>><i> >
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Read the afro-mentioned thread again; most of those stuff are released
</I>>><i> under a GPL/GPL-like license (faad and faac packages for example, for
</I>>><i> playing back and encoding using the AAC audio codec, respectively),
</I>>><i> they're free open source software, but they infringe some patents.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> --
</I>>><i> Ahmad Samir
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Why don't we call it universe or something like that? It's a neutral meaning
</I>><i> where also packages without patents and such with patents can be stored in.
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</I>><i> --
</I>><i> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Greetings
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Daniel Kreuter
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
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</I>
Because Ubuntu already has a repo called "universal"? that's a similar
reason to why it wasn't called "restricted", because restricted is
used by distros that offer a commercial repo as in "pay to use some
more stuff".
--
Ahmad Samir
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