google search on start.fedoraproject.org

[Elad Alfassa]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:54 AM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 12:07:09AM +0100, trialero wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I wonder why google is the search engine used on the default browser
> start page start.fedoraproject.org.
> >
> > following the news there are frequent messages about google being not so
> free, tracking your searches, combining your data without opt-out, stealing
> mail and passwords from privately owned wifi all over the world (was it a
> bug or must-have feature for maps?).
> >
> > IMHO this is in contrast to the Fedora philosophy of Freedom. Fedora
> repos do not include software with non-free licenses but links to a non
> free search engine company the same time...
> >
> > any ideas?
> >
> > why not point to a more free alternative search engine like
> duckduckgo.com?
> >
> The Fedora Board recently discussed duckduckgo.  We found that duckduckgo
> is
> not more free (in terms of free software) than google.
>
> It does have a privacy policy that is more stringent about the data that
> duckduckgo keeps than the data that google keeps, though.  With no current
> open source search engine, the Board decided that the website team could
> decide for itself what search technology to use to implement start.fp.o
> (which I see you are raising here, in the appropriate list :-)
>
> -Toshio
>
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As for the website team view: Most of as prefer to get rid of
start.fedoraproject.org entirely
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign

-- 
-Elad Alfassa.
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