Third party repos

[Stephen Gallagher]

On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 16:14 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On 26 February 2015 at 15:30, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh at redhat.com
> > wrote:
> > This may be nitpicking, but what about the cases for things that 
> > ARE free and open-source, but may still be illegal in certain
> > jurisdictions? (Such as patent-encumbered codecs).
> 
> I'm treating that as non-free and possibly patented. In my head I 
> couldn't call something "free and open source" if it's got patent 
> concerns that stop you using it.
> 
> > For example, installing a default MIME-type handler for files 
> > ending in .repo that allows GNOME Software to be launched and 
> > prompt you to load it if you click on such a path in a web 
> > browser. I think that would be in line with both statements.
> 
> I don't actually think that buys us anything in terms of usability. 
> You might as well just go to the website and download the foo-
> release.rpm file, which is even better as it'll install the GPG key 
> too.
> 
> It also doesn't fix the issue that when you type "steam" into gnome-
> software, nothing comes up. That's what we have to fix.
> 

To be clear, I wasn't intending to state that this was a good solution 
to the problem, merely using it as an example to represent what I 
think is the intent of the Board statement.

As I said, I think it's probably worth reopening the conversation with 
the Council.
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