On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 14:17 -0500, Max Spevack wrote: > This email is about several topics at once: > > (1) CodecBuddy was a Board-level decision that was made with the > understanding that after it had been in Fedora for a while, we would > evaluate the various pros and cons of how it was going and figure out if > it should stay in, be removed, or be modified. > > (2) I hear anecdotally that the folks over at Fluendo would enjoy > having more open conversations with us about CodecBuddy, and how it > could be improved to make the Fedora experience of it better. These > conversations could/should be held in public. > > (3) fedora-devel-list is having some reasonably heated discussions about > the precedents set by the CodecBuddy decisions, and how they do (or > don't) translate into things like open game engines packaged into Fedora > which have the ability to download levels or data that are closed > source, versus open game engines in Fedora that download levels or data > that are also open. > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-February/msg00476.html > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-February/msg00365.html > > (4) One of the things that Board has recently said is that it would like > to start having a public meeting once a month to address some of the > issues that are getting play in various parts of our community. > > I think we have an opportunity here to address all 4 of these topics at > once, in one or more IRC conversations. > > Specific questions to be answered: > > 0. Invite the Fluendo folks to join. This is a bad idea and it looks like collusion. > 1. What is good about Codec Buddy? It puts us into a precarious political and ethical situation. So I see very little good from it at this point. > 2. What improvements would we like to see in Codec Buddy and/or > codeina? I think we probably need to consider removing it. > 3. Are there any license, legal, or "open source morality" concerns > that need to be addressed? Yes, All of the above. Not only that but it makes it harder for us to take a stand on other issues. Like googleearth, for example. -sv _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
