On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:24:01 -0600 "Stephen John Smoogen" <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 7/19/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Josh Boyer wrote: > > > On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 02:59 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > >> seth vidal wrote: > > >> > > >>> that's the issue - we can tell them how to add repos, sure. > > >>> but we can't say which repos to add > > >>> and if there are repos that are full of free and > > >>> legally-unencumbered software then the question becomes why > > >>> aren't they in fedora? > > >> They could be in Fedora but the legality of such software is > > >> region specific. If we want to maintain those packages in > > >> specific regions as part of Fedora and that is considered > > >> legally safe, we could do that instead. In fact I think that's > > >> better than a third party repository solution because we would > > >> be using the similar infrastructure and guarantee things more > > >> because we are in control. > > > > > > Our CVS and buildsystems are hosted in the US. Explain to me how > > > something can be called Fedora if it's not in our CVS and built > > > with our tools? > > > > We setup systems with similar infrastructure outside of US. Since > > it is going to be maintained by Fedora contributors, we can call it > > Fedora. > > > > No you can't. Fedora is a sponsored project by Red Hat. Thus Red Hat > could be held libel for the actions of something called Fedora that is > acting under the auspices of that sponsored organization. We are back > to needing legal counsel before this would be able to go any further > (if at all.) You can't for other reasons. Built outside of the US using the same infrastructure is possible, but in order to call a package "Fedora" we have always said it must be built from our CVS. We can't host those packages in our CVS. At any rate, get legal involved. josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
