Free Software audit update

[Hans de Goede]

Rahul wrote:
> Patrice Dumas wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 03:58:39PM -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
>>> THE KNOWNS (2):
>>> Packages with non-free licenses that need to be taken out of Fedora Core
>>> and moved to Fedora Extras (or trashed entirely)
>>> #######################################################################
>>> openmotif-*        || Open Group Public    || Bugzilla 202527
>>
>> openmotif doesn't seems to me to be free enough to be in fedora
>> extras, since it hasn't an OSI compatible licence.
>>
> 
> Fedora Core packages dependent on openmotif are xpdf, ddd. tetex-xdvi,
> mesa-libGLw as stated in the above bug report.  If there are many
> packages dependent on openmotif in Fedora Extras we could do this as a
> two step process.
> 
> * Move all openmotif dependencies and openmotif itself into Fedora Extras
> * Fix or drop packages as necessary.
> 
> The advantage of moving it into Fedora Extras is that the broader
> community of packages can work on this and resolve things faster.
> 

My idea exactly. Although I don't know how feasible this is for
mesa-libGLw .

Regards,

Hans