Does the freeworld repository exist yet?

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Mon Oct 6 18:03:53 UTC 2003


On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 14:01, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> seth vidal <skvidal at phy.duke.edu>:
> > > Googling for "Fedora freeworld" didn't find it.  Maybe the Fedora web
> > > page should include a pointer?
> > 
> > They are not allowed to.
> > 
> > Linking to places that have DMCA-violating code has been shown to
> > violate the dmca.
> 
> Then there should be a big, bold notice that says "Due to the DMCA, we
> cannot provide a link to the freeworld repository.  You might be 
> able to find it with the following Web search: xxxx xxxx xxxx."

I do not believe red hat (where fedora.redhat.com) is hosted wants to
take on this liability currently.


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