Hans de Goede (j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx) said: > >>So does this allow free distributing? AFAIK Yes it does (IANAL) > >>Is this without restrictions? Well clearly no, the following > >>restrictions are made: > >>-distribution must be free of charge, except normal access fees > >>-by electronic means only > >>-distributed only in a compressed format > > > >Right now we structure things so people can redistribute > >any CDs of Core or Extras that they want, or freely *build > >OSes on top of them*. > > > > How does this stop redistribution on CD, its normal access fees only, > electronic and still an rpm thus compressed or ... ? Someone building an OS on top of it may not qualify for the 'normal access fees' test. > >Anything that would require 'oh, you can't include this package > >XXX in something you base on Fedora' isn't really feasible. > > This isn't really true actually there has been discussion in the past > about allowing non-commercial (scientific) software into FE and although > it was never allowed, it was never denied either afaik this decision > still has to be made in the mean time it seems everyone is acting as if > this was denied. > > Also in the past it has been discussed wether we actually want to cater > CD creation again no decision was made. Why would you want to prevent it? Bill -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
