Proposal: Revision of policy surrounding 3rd party and non-free software

Nikos Roussos comzeradd at fedoraproject.org
Sun Jan 26 11:23:01 UTC 2014



Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi
>
>
>On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Josh Boyer  wrote:
>
>> Your wiki search inspired me.  I did one of my own.  I found pages
>> that have existed since 2008 that mention 3rd party repositories:
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_party_repositories
>>
>> We also have one that explicitly tells you how to install Adobe
>flash,
>> which is non-free software:
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash (created in 2011)
>>
>
>I have moved info out of both these pages and added references so that
>users can still find the info but we don't document them directly in
>the
>wiki anymore.   I have also changed the note at
>
>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_rules_and_etiquette#Do_not_provide_details_of_forbidden_items

Can you update an Ask answer? What happens if a bit of information in this answer is inaccurate and needs update? 



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