#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:35 mattdm]: > For the second part, > > > "The Council recognizes that allowing selected third-party non-free software to be installed is a valid experiment in advancing Fedora's mission. Non-free software may not be presented to the user without explicit user enablement in any Fedora Edition or Spin." > > This covers the opt-in aspect, but it loses a couple of things that I feel are really important -- in fact, ''more'' important. > > First, whether it's in search or any other interface, I think there needs to be a distinction in presentation between non-free and free/open software which is understandable to all levels of user. That is hopefully achievable with the tagging/labeling that Software is already planning on doing. > Second, I want this whole thing to be in service of promoting free/open software. Prioritizing search results is a suggestion for one way that could manifest, and the educational materials are another way, but I hope the design will really reflect that goal throughout. The problem I have with this is that it's very much a subjective thing. It's one of those "I'll know it when I see it" items, which has the potential to drag on with a lot of back and forth. -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/council/ticket/57#comment:36> 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.
