Fedora/RH policies sometimes suck
Anne Wilson
cannewilson at googlemail.com
Tue Apr 10 18:15:52 UTC 2007
On Tuesday 10 April 2007, linuxmaillists at charter.net wrote:
>
> Where can we go to make a request that a list be created.
> Because the Fedora/RH team evaluates all the software, the
> lawyers get involved and the software that has to be
> modified is identified and then dealt with accordingly. So
> there is knowledge somewhere in the company of what
> software has been changed to remove function that is
> declared legally dangerous to use in the distro.
>
Such a list is yet another thing to maintain. Wouldn't it be better if the
indication was in the name. For instance, totem-free...... would indicate
that a non-free version might exist elsewhere. That would be a big enough
hint, I think, without causing any legal problems.
Anne
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