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<section id="sn-overview">
- <title>Overview of This Release</title>
-<!--
+ <title>Welcome to &FC; &LOCALVER;</title>
+ <para>
+ &FC; is a completely free, user friendly, and secure general purpose
+ platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use,
+ modify, and distribute, now and forever. The &FP; is an open source project that
+ pioneers leading edge technology and concepts, which is sponsored by &RH; and
+ supported by the &FED; community.
+ </para>
+ <caution>
+ <title>This is a test release, not intended for end-users</title>
+ <para>
+ This is a test release and is provided for developers and testers
+ to participate and provide feedback. It is not meant for end
+ users.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Subscribe to the <ulink url="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/">fedora-test</ulink> and <ulink url="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list">fedora-devel</ulink> mailing lists to
+ keep track of important changes in the current development
+ versions and provide feedback to the developers. &FP; requests you
+ to file bug reports and enhancements to provide a improved final
+ release to end users. For more information on this, refer to the
+ following document:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink
+ url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests</ulink>.
+
+ </para>
+ </caution>
+ <tip>
+ <title>Latest Release Notes on the Web</title>
+ <para>
+ These release notes may be updated. Visit <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/</ulink>
+ to view the latest release notes for &DISTRO; &DISTROVER;.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
+<!-- save for when the FIG is actually updated
+ <note>
+ <title>Installation Guide Updated</title>
+ <para>
+ New for this release is the <citetitle>&FC; &LOCALVER;
+ &IG;</citetitle>. This guide is useful for users of all levels
+ and can be found at this URL:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </note>
+-->
<para>
- The following list includes brief summaries of some of the more
- significant aspects of &DISTRO; &DISTROVER;:
+ Refer to these webpages to find out more information about &FED;:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- &DISTRO; &DISTROVER; contains the following changes:
+ <xref linkend="sn-new-in-fc"/>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <xref linkend="sn-intro"/> — Technical release notes
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ/">Fedora FAQ</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Help and Support (<ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/">http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/</ulink>)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Participate in the &FP; (<ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/">http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/</ulink>)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ About the &FP; (<ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/about/">http://fedora.redhat.com/about/</ulink>)
</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Support for the PowerPC (PPC) architecture.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GCC 4.0
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GNOME 2.10
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- KDE 3.4 — includes new accessibility features. You
- can manage these new features in <guimenu>KDS Control
- Center</guimenu><guisubmenu>Regional &
- Accessibility</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Accessibility</guisubmenu>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Native Eclipse 3.1M6 (part of a free Java stack)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- MySQL 4.1
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- PHP 5.0
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Xen 2 (virtualization to run multiple versions of an OS)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GFS 6.1-0.pre22 (cluster file system)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Evince 0.2.1 (universal document viewer)
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GDM 2.6 - Includes early login capability
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- &SEL; — This release includes coverage for 80 new
- daemons by the targeted policy. There are changes to the
- handling of Booleans. The targeted policy is enabled by
- default. For more information, refer to: <ulink
- url="http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/">http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/</ulink>.
- This is the complete list of daemons covered by the targeted
- policy:
- </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>NetworkManager</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>amanda</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>apache</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>apmd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>arpwatch</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>auditd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>bluetooth</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>canna</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cardmgr</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>checkpolicy</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>chkpwd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>compat</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>comsat</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>consoletype</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cpucontrol</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cpuspeed</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>crond</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cups</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cvs</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>cyrus</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dbskkd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dbusd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dhcpc</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dhcpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dictd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dmidecode</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>dovecot</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>fingerd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>fsadm</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ftpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>getty</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>hald</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>hostname</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>hotplug</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>howl</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>hwclock</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>i18n_input</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ifconfig</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>inetd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>init</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>initrc</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>innd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>kerberos</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>klogd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ktalkd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>kudzu</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ldconfig</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>load_policy</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>login</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>lpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>mailman</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>modutil</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>mta</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>mysqld</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>named</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>netutils</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>nscd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ntpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>portmap</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>postgresql</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ppd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>privoxy</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>radius</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>radvd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>restorecon</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>rlogind</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>rpcd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>rpm</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>rshd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>rsync</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>samba</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>saslauthd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>sendmail</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>setfiles</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>slapd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>snmpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>squid</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ssh</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>stunnel</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>syslogd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>telnetd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>tftpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>udev</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>updfstab</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>uucpd</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>webalizer</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>winbind</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>xdm</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ypbind</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>ypserv</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <command>zebra</command>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <section id="sn-new-in-fc">
+ <title>What's New In &FC; &LOCALVER;</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Xen virtualisation software and yum package manager are
+ now well integrated within the &FED; installer. The installer
+ interface is more streamlined. Remote logging and improved
+ support for tracebacks is included.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><application>Pup</application>, a graphical updater using
+ yum, has replaced <application>rhn-applet</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GNOME 2.12 and KDE 3.4 desktop environments are
+ available.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>GNOME Power Manager and GNOME Screensaver are available as
+ a technology preview within this release.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ OpenOffice.org 2.0 final release is included. OpenOffice.org
+ now uses system versions for many of the libraries leading to
+ increased performance and efficiency.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Xorg X11R7 release candidate 2 has been included in this
+ release. This is the first modular version, which helps in
+ providing additional features and bug fixes at a faster pace.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Kernel 2.6.14 is included. Software suspend is enabled in this
+ release.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>SCIM has replaced IIMF in &FC; in this release.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>There are changes in the animated mouse cursor theme.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>&FP; now has a new logo.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>The proposed plans for Fedora in this version are available
+ from <ulink
+ url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+<!-- commented out until the content can be updated
+ <section id="sn-new-in-fc">
+ <title>New in &FC; &LOCALVER;</title>
+ <para>
+ &FC; &LOCALVER; is the latest version of the free and popular &FC;
+ platform with a number of unique features and significant
+ improvements over previous versions. This section provides an
+ overview of the major highlights in this release.
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Desktop Enhancements — The &FED; desktop brings to you
+ the latest software such as GNOME 2.10 and KDE 3.4 with a new
+ look and feel. GNOME has the new simple and elegant Clearlooks
+ default theme that is inspired by the classic Red Hat
+ Bluecurve theme, as shown in <xref
+ linkend="ex-desktop-screenshot-clearlooks"/>.
+ </para>
+ <example id="ex-desktop-screenshot-clearlooks">
+ <title>New desktop featuring Clearlooks and Evince</title>
+ <mediaobject id="txt-fedora-desktop-screenshot">
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="./figs/Fedora_Desktop.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <para>
+ Screenshot of Fedora desktop showing Firefox in the
+ background and the new universal document viewer Evince
+ in the foreground. Evince is displaying Lawrence
+ Lessig's Free Culture.
+ </para>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </example>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improved Productivity
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Evince (<ulink
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/">http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/</ulink>)
+ is a document viewer for multiple document formats such as
+ pdf, postscript, and many others. Evince replaces a whole
+ category of document viewers with a single simple
+ application.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ OpenOffice.org 2.0 (<ulink
+ url="http://www.openoffice.org/product2/index.html">http://www.openoffice.org/product2/index.html</ulink>)
+ is an office productivity suite. This latest version
+ includes several enhancements such as improved Microsoft
+ Office compatibility, completely revamped Impress
+ presentation software, and native support for the
+ OpenDocument format. This version also introduces Base, a
+ fully integrated database management software. You can
+ find the extensive list of new features at <ulink
+ url="http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html">http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Eclipse 3.1 is an open and extensible software development
+ platform that is an Integrated Development Environment
+ (<acronym>IDE</acronym>) useful for programming in any
+ language.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Support for PowerPC (PPC) Architecture — Refer to <xref
+ linkend="sn-hardware-reqs-ppc"/> and <xref
+ linkend="sn-install-notes-ppc"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Improved Security — &SEL; is a security architecture
+ that protects applications and users through finely grained
+ mandatory security controls. The default targeted policy has
+ been improved to cover 80 additional daemons. You can read
+ more in the technical release notes
+ <xref linkend="sn-overview"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Integrated Clustering Technology — Global File System
+ (<acronym>GFS</acronym>) is an open source clustering file
+ system that allows a cluster of Linux servers to share a
+ common storage pool. &FC; &LOCALVER; has integrated GFS within
+ the system to manage your storage in an efficient way. You
+ can read more at <ulink
+ url="http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/">http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/</ulink>
+ and <ulink
+ url="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Built-in Virtualization — Xen is a virtual machine that
+ can securely run multiple operating systems in their own
+ sandboxed domains. Xen has been integrated into &FC; to work
+ in a seamless fashion. You can read more about Xen at <ulink
+ url="http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/virtualization/">http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/virtualization/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Solid Platform — &FC; &LOCALVER; includes and integrates
+ the latest 4.0 version of GNU Compiler Collection, which has a
+ rewritten optimization infrastructure and improved support for
+ a native open source Java software stack. This stack includes
+ parts of OpenOffice.org 2.0., Eclipse, and Apache Jakarta,
+ among others.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-why-no-mp3">
+ <title>MP3 Codecs and Other Patented or Closed Source Software</title>
+ <para>
+ This section is a brief explanation of why certain software is not
+ included in &FC; or &FEX;. This information was drawn directly
+ from the canonical wiki page:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems</ulink>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ A frequent question of the &FP; is why certain items are not
+ included in &FC; or &FEX;. This briefly explains some of the
+ reasons.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Other items, such as file systems support, requires community
+ participation. For more information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wishlist">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wishlist</ulink>
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>NTFS</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ NTFS Support is not included in the &FC; kernel because of
+ patent concerns. Using a file system natively supported by
+ Linux such as ext3 is a better option. If you must share
+ files between Windows and Linux on a single system, use
+ FAT/FAT32 (vfat) instead. For sharing across a network,
+ Samba is a good option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>MP3 encode/decode functionality</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ MP3 support is not included in any &FC; application because
+ MP3 is heavily patented in several regions including the
+ United States. The patent holder is unwilling to give an
+ unrestricted patent grant, as required by the GPL. Other
+ platforms might have paid the royalty and/or included
+ proprietary software. Other Linux distributions not based in
+ a region affected by the patent might ship MP3
+ decoders/encoders. However, &FC; cannot and does not ship
+ MP3 decoders/encoders in order to serve the goal of shipping
+ only free and open source software. Using other open source
+ formats such as Ogg Vorbis (a lossy codec that has better
+ quality than MP3) or FLAC (a lossless codec) is highly
+ recommended.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>NVIDIA 3D drivers</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The NVIDIA 3D drivers are closed source. &FC; does not
+ include proprietary binaries. Consider using an Intel or any
+ other manufacturer that supports open source cards with full
+ specifications and/or source code.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ATI 3D drivers</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The ATI 3D drivers are closed source. &FC; does not include
+ proprietary binaries. Consider using an Intel or any other
+ manufacturer that supports open source cards with full
+ specifications and/or source code.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>RealPlayer</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ RealPlayer is a closed source application. &FC; does not
+ include proprietary binaries. Consider using open source
+ codecs that do not have patent restrictions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>DVD video playback</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DVD video playback (of CSS encrypted DVDs) may violate the
+ US DMCA (refer to <ulink
+ url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA</ulink>)
+ because it may be considered circumventing an encryption
+ mechanism. Additionally, MPEG2 is a patented codec, so even
+ DVDs without encryption cannot be played. Consider using
+ open source unencrypted mediums such as Ogg Theora formats.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Mono</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Mono packages are not currently included due to potential
+ legal issues. (Pending more input.) Applications can be
+ written in other languages that are open source, such as
+ Python, Perl, or Ruby. Java is cross-platform and GCJ is a
+ relatively mature open source implementation of it. These
+ are not direct one-to-one equivalents with .NET but might
+ serve your purpose.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Cryptology (mcrypt)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Some cryptology related packages such as mcrypt are not
+ included within &FC; due to US export restrictions. Consider
+ using non-restricted cryptographical methods instead.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>szip</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The szip license is too restrictive for inclusion in &FEX;.
+ Use other open source alternatives.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ <para>
+ In conclusion:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para> If it is proprietary, it cannot be included in &FED;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If it is legally encumbered, it cannot be included in &FED;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If it violates US Federal law, it cannot be included in &FED;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ Of course, the logical followup is: "But I want to get foo and do
+ bar, how can I do one of the items listed above?"
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The unofficial <ulink
+ url="http://fedorafaq.org">http://fedorafaq.org</ulink> provides
+ useful answers on commonly asked questions. However, these are
+ completely unsupported by the &FP;. The &FP; encourages using free
+ and open source software.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The binary only drivers can be acquired from the vendors. You can
+ find many interesting things with Google.
+ </para>
+ </section>
-->
</section>
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