#57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy -------------------------+--------------------- Reporter: pfrields | Owner: Status: new | Priority: normal Component: General | Resolution: Keywords: workstation | -------------------------+--------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/57#comment:31> council <https://fedorahosted.org/council> Fedora Council Public Tickets _______________________________________________ council-discuss mailing list council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/council-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The Fedora Project's mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community.
