On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:20:09 +0000 "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg@xxxxx> wrote: > Jesse Keating wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:57:08 +0000 > > ""Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"" <johannbg@xxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> With strictly the media support ( ugly-plugins etc. ) and the > >> rpmfusion repo installed, > >> and excluding AMD and Nvidia drivers > >> will we need Rename the spin or could it be released under Fedora name > >> and artwork? * Legal/others > >> > > > > No. You are including content that is not in Fedora, therefor you > > cannot use the Fedora trademark and cannot use the trademarked logos. > > You would have some renaming work ahead of you. > > > > > I guessed so.. and replacing the artwork as well right? Yes. > But would I still be allowed to update and use Fedora repos right? You could have the spin pull from the Fedora repos for things, yes. > As in how deep would I need to go in renaming things? > Removing every image containing the Fedora logo and every instance of > the word Fedora. > Repackage? I'm not sure but it wouldn't be trivial. > >> Will this be available on fedoraprojects.org as in > >> will Max Spevack put his money where is mouth is so I quote Max > >> "So go forth and mix your own Fedora. And then come back and share it > >> with us, and we’ll put it up on the _*Fedora website for others to > >> use also.*_" > >> ref. ( http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/ ) > >> Or was this just a pr c... > >> > > > > Remix implies that you take the package set and do something > > interesting with it, not just add a bunch of stuff from outside > > Fedora. Furthermore, regardless of location, Fedora isn't interested > > in patent encumbered software, as it's not free for /everybody/. It's > > entirely uninteresting to promote such a thing. > > > > Mean what are the exact issue with for example libdvdcss ? licenced GPL Doesn't matter what the license is if the techniques are patented. > > In other words for me do get my spin hosted on fedora project I can only > play > with fedora packages in fedora repo and how *my* setup is aka spin correct? > > As in my spins do not include Emacs because Emacs sucks as an editor > compared to Vi.. > > No offense Emacs users this was just an example... Right. To make it simple, you can't include any packages outside of the Fedora repos if you want to call it Fedora. > >> It would be interesting download stats Fedora VS Fedora with media > >> support :) > >> > > > > Not really. > > > For me it it would. > > Would it increase the usage of Fedora? No. It has the potential to increase the usage of whatever you call it, which won't be Fedora. > Also would like to see what would be the next issue if the media problem > would > go away from user perspective. > > ( As in the user didn't have to bother to take some extra steps him self > work out of the box kinda thing. ) That would be interesting, sure. But it's not really applicable to Fedora since the "media problem" isn't something Fedora can simply solve. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
