On 7/20/05, Thilo Pfennig <tp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So like from up2date one could choose: "add > external sources". The list could be updated via web - and then there > would be no problem, because only the enabling software is distributed. I think you are wrong about where the grey line is. My personal understanding is that nothing distributed by default can pull in outside package sources to choose from or it has the potential to run afoul of the definition of "contributory infringement". You can't have up2date or any tool in the distro point to a list of external repos to choose from. Just like fedora.redhat.com can not link directly to a site like fedoratracker. What would work would be a mimetype definition that 3rd party repos could use in a "Setup repository" link to install reponame-release package that contained the yum repo definitions and other items just like fedora-release package does and livna-release package does. But people would still have to google to find those repositories. Fedora can not link to a site explicitly meant to connect users to items Fedora itself can not legally distribute without risking "contributory infringement" claims if those outside repos trafficking in items not legally distributable under US law. You can provide a mechansim to easily point and click install the setup files needed to make an additional repository active once a user finds them.. but you can not point those users directly to additional repos. They must find them by other means. -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
