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<H1>[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue</H1>
<B>Johnny A. Solbu</B>
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<I>Tue Oct 30 04:02:36 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On Tuesday 30 October 2012 02:44, andre999 wrote:
><i> If there is some constraint on the redistribution of a package in some
</I>><i> countries, such as patent claims or encryption technology used or
</I>><i> whatever, mirrors in affected countries may reasonably want to avoid
</I>><i> carrying such packages.
</I>><i> For this reason, we created the "tainted" repos, which are optional for
</I>><i> official mirrors.
</I>><i> However we added the additional restriction that packages in tainted
</I>><i> must also be open source, to satisfy those that don't want to install
</I>><i> non-free packages.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If we want to continue this additional restriction, we would have to
</I>><i> create another set of repos for packages that are both constrained
</I>><i> (tainted) and non-free, in order to carry such packages.
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The problem of including nonfree spftware in tainted, is that it no longer is a Free software repo in countries that don't accept software patents.
Nonfree software belongs in a nonfree tree. If we need to create a new repo for them, so be it. That is the right thing to do.
No one said that the right thing to do would be easy. :-)=
><i> However there are very few packages that meet this restriction. Also
</I>><i> the tainted repos contain relatively few packages, compared with core
</I>><i> and nonfree.
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What has that got to do with anything?
Either a package is Free and open source software, or it is not. wether it belongs in the majority or a tiny minority is not the issue.
The issue at stake is our Freedom.
I happens to live in a country where the packages in tainted is Free software in every sense of the word. And I don't believe that I'm the only one that is.
Tainted is a convenience for those that live in a country that have software patents, not the otherway around. Don't clutter the water for those of us where tainted still is a Free software repo.
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Johnny A. Solbu
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