Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

[Les Mikesell]

Francis Earl wrote:
> Sun Java is not redistributable

It is redistributable or Ubuntu couldn't have it either.  And it could 
be trivial to add even if it wasn't included.  It isn't.

> and currently isn't open source, thus
> goes against Fedora values in 2 ways.

You have to choose between being a political platform with an agenda or 
a usable distribution.

> Kernel modules that are not GPLv2 compatible are indeed illegal,
> however.

A matter of opinion and speculation so far - or just plain FUD... I'd 
like to see this shaken out so if it really is illegal to use Linux with 
software of your choice everyone can just move on.

 > Other modules are not shipped because they are not part of the
> upstream kernel, which again goes against Fedora values.

And someone is wondering why people like Ubuntu?

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   Les Mikesell
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