[Bug 178162] Review Request: libgeotiff

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 10:34 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 17:25 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 10:18 -0500, bugzilla at redhat.com wrote:
> > > 
> > > ------- Additional Comments From tibbs at math.uh.edu  2006-10-30 10:18 EST -------
> > > There are already Fedora repositories that would permit such software.  Of
> > > course, nothing in Extras can depend on them.
> > > 
> > > It is indeed unfortunate, but it is not the fault of Fedora that the upstream
> > > data is not licensed in a sufficiently free manner.
> > 
> > Of cause Fedora also takes it share about this:
> > 
> >  It's the politics behind Fedora which prevent "legal and free for
> > non-commercial use" packages to be adopted by Fedora and which forces
> > packagers to resort to 3rd parties. May-be it would be more helpful for
> > FE (FESCO) to re-consider their attitude on "non-free repos" in FE.
> 
> No.

Your open mind is always a pleasure to experience.

Ralf