On Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:39:20 AM MST Kevin Fenzi wrote: > 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 I can't see where recommending *proprietary* software was approved, only third party software. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
