On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 15:31 +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 09:10:24AM -0400, Brandon Lozza wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hey all! It's that time again, we're gearing up to branch for Fedora 14
> > > this coming Tuesday! There is a major twist this time around, we're
> > > going to attempt a roll out of dist-git!
> > --snipped---
> >
> > I'm just curious but would this allow someone to more easily fork the
> > distro? (think of stuff like Mint)
>
> The ability to fork {packages|kernels|distros} is a good thing. It
> keeps the software lively and keeps the purveyors of software honest.
> I enjoyed reading Rick Moen's essay on the subject:
>
> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Licensing_and_Law/forking.html
Also, of course, one of the truisms about git is that it doesn't only
make it easier to *fork*: it makes it easier to *merge*. So even if the
change does let people fork Fedora more easily, it also lets us
incorporate their changes and bring them back into mainline more easily
too.
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