On Sun, 2007-28-10 at 13:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
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> For God's sake why is something that you can d/l from their web site
> in the USA be illegal in the USA? Why does it not meet the Fedora
> policy? Where can I read the policy?
>
Try the front page of the Fedora project. For more detail, see
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview
> If your stating the intent of the policy is to diminish the
> availability of Fedora to new users then the policy needs to change.
>
The fact that, earlier this month, the Fedora marketing list was
considering adapting the slogan "Freedom is a feature" should tell you
something. Fedora's policy is to ship nothing that isn't free software
-- and drivers whose code is proprietary don't meet the definition, even
if they are free for the download.
This policy is such a cornerstone of Fedora that it is highly unlikely
to change.
Other distributions have different policies. If using the non-free
drivers provided by NVidia is a priority for you, then, with all
respect, perhaps you should look into them instead of using Fedora.
You didn't need to mention that I have a choice. I can change to
Windows which due to it's cost includes what a person with my computer
needs to work. Fedora does not and plans if your accurate to make it
even harder for a user to use your free product. That sounds counter
productive to me.
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
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