Josh
The situation is that there are several Fedora Remixes that add the very repositories and extra software that is not integrated within a Fedora distribution.
Without those available remixes, it is truly unlikely that Fedora would continue to have the following it now enjoys.
Regards
Leslie
Leslie
Mr. Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop <desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: Third party repos
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wanted to resurface the third party repository topic before we get
> to next week's meeting. Currently we have the following page drafted
> that discusses the new disabled repo feature currently in Fedora 22
> Workstation:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/3rdPartyApps
>
> Currently there's a policy from the Council (nee Board) on third party
> repos here:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_Party_Repository_Policy
Actually, that policy was written by FESCo. As noted on the bottom of
the page, it's a FESCo policy which means changes likely need to go
through them.
> This policy doesn't address one of the problems I believe we're trying
> to solve in software -- making developer access to non-libre (but
> legally OK) tools on Fedora less convoluted and burdensome.
>
> So there's not just the question of implementation and curation, but
> also getting a policy change approved by the Council.
For clarification the Board did review the FESCo policy at this meeting:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2014-01-23/fedora_board.2014-01-23-19.01.html
The two key points here are:
"The board believes that shipping repository metadata that points at
non-free software is incompatible with Fedora's foundations"
and
"The board believes that reducing technical barriers to explicit user
choice to install third-party software (non-free or otherwise) is
compatible with Fedora's foundations."
The latter statement led to some of the disabled repo work that
Richard did, IIRC. It leaves a lot open to interpretation.
josh
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