Fedora Board Recap 2007-NOV-13

[Jesse Keating]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:56:06 -0800
Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:

> So here's an interesting ramification of this: third party spins that 
> aren't allowed to call themselves Fedora (because they add patented
> OSS software, for instance), won't be able to participate in our
> hosting program.  So a solution that relies on our hosting the spins
> won't address the needs of those people.
> 
> I don't know if that's the target audience of the initial proposal,
> though.

I'm pretty sure we can get away with hosting them in some fashion, the
same as sourceforge can get away with hosting projects that are of
shady nature.  It's not Fedora, it's not our product, we're just
providing hosting.

But yes, not a target of the initial offering.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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