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Paul F. Johnson

27 Sep 2006 27 Sep '06

4:07 p.m.

Hi,

I've packaged IronPython and it's quite happy here. However, it looks like the license is the MS shared source one. Is it worth even submitting it for FE review?

TTFN

Paul

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Tom Callaway

27 Sep 27 Sep

4:33 p.m.

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 22:07 +0100, Paul wrote:

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Hi,

I've packaged IronPython and it's quite happy here. However, it looks like the license is the MS shared source one. Is it worth even submitting it for FE review?

Nope. FSF calls it out as Non-Free, and its not on the OSI list.

Sorry. :/

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Paul F. Johnson

4:35 p.m.

Hi,

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I've packaged IronPython and it's quite happy here. However, it looks like the license is the MS shared source one. Is it worth even submitting it for FE review?

Nope. FSF calls it out as Non-Free, and its not on the OSI list.

Thought that would be the case. I think I'll package it and put it on my home website for folks to use. Seems a pity, but that's the way it smells!

TTFN

Paul

-- "Der einzige Weg, Leute zu kontrollieren ist sie anzulügen" - L. Ron "Ich kann kein Science-Fiction schreiben" Hubbard; Lügner, Betrüger, Fixer und Wohltäter zu niemandem

Jochen Schmitt

28 Sep 28 Sep

9:19 a.m.

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:35:01 +0100, you wrote:

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Thought that would be the case. I think I'll package it and put it on my home website for folks to use. Seems a pity, but that's the way it smells!

Perhaps you should talk with the folks of rpm.livna.org. They host packaging which are not arcodrding the requirements of Fedora Extras like the nvidia closed source driver or packages with mp3 support.

Best Regards:

Jochen Schmitt

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Rex Dieter

9:45 a.m.

Jochen Schmitt wrote:

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:35:01 +0100, you wrote:

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Thought that would be the case. I think I'll package it and put it on my home website for folks to use. Seems a pity, but that's the way it smells!

Perhaps you should talk with the folks of rpm.livna.org. They host packaging which are not arcodrding the requirements of Fedora Extras like the nvidia closed source driver or packages with mp3 support.

Uh, exactly. livna.org != fedoraproject.org They have no affiliation with Fedora, so they (can and do) play by their own rules.

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