Suggestion Next Release

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat Mar 22 21:00:52 UTC 2008


Les Mikesell wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> You don't understand. We can't make Livna/RPM Fusion official, because
>>>> of legal issues. And stop here. It's IMPOSSIBLE.
>>>
>>> Some of it.  Things like the Nvidia drivers wouldn't be impossible.
>>
>>>
>>> And a fully functional java.
>>
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Objectives
> 
> There are some very obvious conflicts on this page.

That comment is vague and useless.

>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems
> 
> Some strange innuendo about not liking Nvidia and ATI here, nothing 
> definitively illegal. Sun Java, Vmware, and several of the others listed 
> could be much easier to install without including anything illegal

If the legality is not clear, it is a risk including it and Fedora has 
chosen not to take the risk in this instance. Read the link more 
carefully. Just because it is legal doesn't meant Fedora will include 
it. There are several other considerations.

Rahul




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