2008/2/8 Trond Danielsen <trond.danielsen@xxxxxxxxx>: > On 2/8/08, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Starting a new thread for the autodownload discussion which has forked of the > > google-earth thread. > > > > [...] > > > > I must say that any complaints about autodownloader before codecbuddy gets > > removed, to me, are nothing short of hypocritical, and therefor will not be > > taken very seriously by me. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hans > > In the world of software nothing is only black and white; most of the > stuff we ship will fall into a gray area one way or another. Let me > mention a few. > > 1. Online-desktop: The world of free software has "fought" proprietary > software for many years, only to partner up with the WWW behemoth that > Google is. The purpose of the online-desktop is to integrate online > services like flickr and Google with the rest of the system. Despite > their public APIs online services are proprietary software just like > Microsoft Office. Should we ban any application that makes it easy to > access such services? > > 2. Firmware: Oh how I love that my network card works perfectly > immediately after a fresh install, but there is no doubt that it > contradicts the spirit of free sw. > > 3. Codec buddy: Already mentioned and discussed. But would we allow a > similar solution if Nvidia decided to create a Video Buddy? > > Conclusion: I think there are many issues that are far more > controversial than the autodownloader scripts. The effort made by Hans > has made Fedora a great gamers platform, and I do not think many > end-users would understand the rational for removing them if this is > what is the result from this discussion. > > Regards, > -- > Trond Danielsen +1 -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
