Codec buddy and Free software

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jul 18 15:24:57 UTC 2007


David Nielsen wrote:
> ons, 18 07 2007 kl. 20:19 +0530, skrev Rahul Sundaram:
> 
>> I would like to get comments on whether folks here are favorable to 
>> pointing to a third party repository from codec buddy (with appropriate 
>> warnings and disclaimers). If this is considered something we wanted to 
>> do we will consult with Red Hat legal to verify that is a legally safe 
>> choice for us. Comments?
> 
> If we are going to do this it should be amply documented on the wiki why
> we can now take this step after spending so much time saying it would be
> a legal risk for Fedora. 

The legal risk might have changed as I explained earlier in this mail.

Just to avoid confusion and additional FUD. We
> definitely should try to avoid repeating the Mono inclusion
> communication problem, we get enough bad press as it is.

Of course. I am starting with a public discussion. If we decide to do 
this, I would document everything clearly.

Rahul




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