On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 23:09 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > >>> It has been adequately explained why Fedora Core / Extras don't carry > >>> non-free software or why Fedora Core isn't shipping out-of-tree drivers. [...] > >> I'm wondering if we should document this explicitly somewhere in an > >> "official" place. > > Isn't http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems enough? [...] > > Well, I can't see anything about wlan drivers there -- madwifi, which is > really problematic, would fit there really well. > > But it's getting more complicated when it comes to acx and ipw3945, > because even on LKML there are different opinions about their legal > status and if they are acceptable for the kernel. > > And to quote David: "[...]why Fedora Core isn't shipping out-of-tree > drivers" -- this is more a political position and not strictly forbidden > afaics. It should probably be documented somewhere, too. > > I'm working on something in this area for Extras currently that > describes why the best place for kernel-modules is the upstream kernel. > But that's not ready for public consumption yet; parts of that document > probably could be used for a document that explains why Fedora Core > normally does not ship out-of-tree drivers in the kernel. Just make sure that if you must put it somewhere other than ForbiddenItems, you link it from there. Our wiki already needs a lot of cleanup, so fragmenting these issues further complicates that job. Thanks for writing something. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project Board: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board Fedora Docs Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject
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