advertisement in packaged software

[Florian Weimer]

On 02/12/2014 10:46 AM, Kai Engert wrote:
> Do the Fedora guidelines allow packaging of software that will show
> advertisement to the user?

I think it's difficult define what precisely is an advertisement, but I 
hope Fedora will be able to avoid this trap, particularly because 
advertising is so much about tracking users these days.

> Are there any existing packages that already do that?

Install mozilla-noscript and run:

$ sandbox -t sandbox_web_t -X firefox

You will see visually obnoxious nag screen.  The Mozilla tab might 
qualify as an ad as well.

There is also the Emacs startup screen, but I find it less invasive.

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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team