On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 05:05:51PM +0000, John M. Harris, Jr. wrote: > There is a difference between ignoring proprietary software, and providing installation methods for it in the distro. It is against the first of the Four Foundations, Freedom, to include these repositories. It's one thing if the user seeks out the software and installs it themselves, it's another if we're baiting them into installing software that does not provide the four Essential Freedoms. > > Not only that, but we can make no guarantee as to the state of these repos or the state of the software, as it is proprietary. This is also a potential issue for Fedora Legal. As noted upthread, this policy was approved by the Fedora Council and definitely passed through Fedora Legal. I understand that some folks disagree, but I don't think re-litigating it at this point is very productive unless there's some new information that has come to light. kevin
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