On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 21:22 +1200, Michael J. Knox wrote:
3) non-free. Yes, I know this is very much a double edge sword for
Fedora.
However, the fact remains, Joe user wants his MP3, DVD, Flash, Java etc.
Yes, I know Fedora has been doing some very impressive work on gcj and
gnash etc.. but when the FOSS alternatives are not up to scratch, people
are left out to dry.
IMHO Fedora shouldn't go out of its way to make adding perfectly legal
packages, to its distribution, a black-art, undocumented nightmare for a
new user... Advising users on how to get MP3 support should not be
considered a cardinal sin. Heck, Fedora pushing xorg 7.1 was halted as to
not break Nvida and Ati driver users! Talk about mixed messages.
Fedora does not need to compromise its values in order to help users.
Fedora should consider helping users instead of restricting.
On the contrary, we *are* trying to help users. For example, the
Documentation Project is currently updating the default Firefox browser
home page (which comes up the first time after installation, or upgrade)
to include a link to the Unofficial Fedora FAQ, which the legal
reviewers told us is not verboten.
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