[fab] Re: openmotif

Josh Boyer jwboyer at jdub.homelinux.org
Tue Aug 29 17:03:25 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 12:53 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:41, Rahul wrote:
> > Yes.
> >
> > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-maintainers/2006-August/msg00081.htm
> >l
> 
> This mail has absolutely no info regarding why a package would be acceptable 
> for Extras when it isn't acceptable for Core.  This disturbs me greatly.  If 
> the license isn't good enough for core, it shouldn't be in Extras either.

+1

Extras is not a dumping ground for packages that aren't suitable for
Core.  If someone wants to push a package from Core -> Extras, it still
goes through a review.  Openmotif will fail that review immediately,
given that it's license is not OSI compatible.

josh




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