On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 08:47:28AM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> There have been no discussions within Red Hat about changing how the >> Fedora kernel is handled, nor how binary blobs are handled. That >> discussion hasn't taken place because currently FESCo and Board policy >> prohibits 3rd party repositories so there is nothing to really >> discuss. > > That surprises me a little - I'd assumed that this wouldn't have been > proposed without some prior discussion about how it could be > implemented. The proposal is about 3rd party repositories in the general sense. Yes, such a repository could contain a closed-source driver, but as noted it would need to be approved first. That is done on a case-by-case basis, so I would think the natural time to discuss that specific repo and it's technical implications would be when it was getting vetted. josh _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
