[Fedora-legal-list] Is this reference to rpmfusion OK?
Bruno Wolff III
bruno at wolff.to
Fri Mar 14 15:42:50 UTC 2014
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:40:13 -0400,
Adam Saunders <adam.saunders at hushmail.com> wrote:
>
>The command line installation instructions for the patent-encumbered
>Z-Push and notes about RPMFusion don't seem to me to be much of an
>issue, given the above policy. The instructions state explicitly that
>the package is not part of Fedora due to patent restrictions, and
>notes that RPMFusion is located on servers in Europe; the language
>implies that Z-Push may not be patent-encumbered in at least some
>parts of Europe: "Z-Push is not available in Fedora, because Exchange
>ActiveSync is patented by Microsoft in several regions including the
>United States. Software which is legally encumbered, cannot be
>included in Fedora, because it conflicts with our foundations. But
>Z-Push is available in RPM Fusion, a third party repository legally
>located in Europe."
Thanks for looking at it.
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