Re: [council] #57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy

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#57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy
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 Reporter:  pfrields     |       Owner:
   Status:  new          |    Priority:  normal
Component:  General      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  workstation  |
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Comment (by jwboyer):

 Replying to [comment:13 mattdm]:
 > Thanks. With minor re-rewording:
 >
 > mattdm proposal part 2:
 >
 >   The Council recognizes including select third-party non-free software
 in search results as a valid experiment in advancing Fedora's mission.
 Search results should prioritize free and open source software, clearly
 specify that there is no endorsement, and offer links to Fedora-prepared
 educational information. Additionally, default configuration in Fedora
 Editions and Spins must not show non-free search results initially without
 an additional user interface action. This action need not be onerous, can
 be persistent, and the interface can indicate that these non-free results
 are available upon action.


 To be honest, I'm not convinced the additional educational information
 requirement is worthwhile.  If this was 10 years ago, I would whole-
 heartedly agree.  Today though, I think it would come off as preachy and
 dated.  The only situation I can think of where a user might be using
 Fedora and NOT know about open source in general are student lab or
 employer supplied machines where they (or someone close to them) didn't do
 the install themselves.  I understand the material would be in line with
 our Mission, so I'm not opposed to it per se.  I think if we're going to
 include it, it should be presented on the initial "show non-free results"
 option though.  NOT for every search result.  That seems like a quick way
 to irritate people.

 And that detail seems to highlight a specific problem with the currently
 worded proposal.  Despite best intentions, it is very implementation
 oriented.  That is further affirmed by the entire rest of this ticket
 discussion.

 It might be better to simply state it as:


 "The Council recognizes including selected third-party non-free software
 in search results as a valid experiment in advancing Fedora's mission.
 Search results for non-free software may not be presented without explicit
 user enablement in any Fedora Edition or Spin."

 I do like the prioritization/ordering issue discussed above, but it is
 very difficult to work into a proposal without dictating implementation.

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