On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:20:09 +0000
"Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg(a)hi.is> wrote:
Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:57:08 +0000
> ""Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"" <johannbg(a)hi.is> wrote:
>
>
>> With strictly the media support ( ugly-plugins etc. ) and the
>> rpmfusion repo installed,
>> and excluding AMD and Nvidia drivers
>> will we need Rename the spin or could it be released under Fedora name
>> and artwork? * Legal/others
>>
>
> No. You are including content that is not in Fedora, therefor you
> cannot use the Fedora trademark and cannot use the trademarked logos.
> You would have some renaming work ahead of you.
>
>
I guessed so.. and replacing the artwork as well right?
Yes.
But would I still be allowed to update and use Fedora repos right?
You could have the spin pull from the Fedora repos for things, yes.
As in how deep would I need to go in renaming things?
Removing every image containing the Fedora logo and every instance of
the word Fedora.
Repackage?
I'm not sure but it wouldn't be trivial.
>> Will this be available on
fedoraprojects.org as in
>> will Max Spevack put his money where is mouth is so I quote Max
>> "So go forth and mix your own Fedora. And then come back and share it
>> with us, and we’ll put it up on the _*Fedora website for others to
>> use also.*_"
>> ref. (
http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/ )
>> Or was this just a pr c...
>>
>
> Remix implies that you take the package set and do something
> interesting with it, not just add a bunch of stuff from outside
> Fedora. Furthermore, regardless of location, Fedora isn't interested
> in patent encumbered software, as it's not free for /everybody/. It's
> entirely uninteresting to promote such a thing.
>
Mean what are the exact issue with for example libdvdcss ? licenced GPL
Doesn't matter what the license is if the techniques are patented.
In other words for me do get my spin hosted on fedora project I can only
play
with fedora packages in fedora repo and how *my* setup is aka spin correct?
As in my spins do not include Emacs because Emacs sucks as an editor
compared to Vi..
No offense Emacs users this was just an example...
Right. To make it simple, you can't include any packages outside of
the Fedora repos if you want to call it Fedora.
>> It would be interesting download stats Fedora VS Fedora with
media
>> support :)
>>
>
> Not really.
>
For me it it would.
Would it increase the usage of Fedora?
No. It has the potential to increase the usage of whatever you call
it, which won't be Fedora.
Also would like to see what would be the next issue if the media
problem
would
go away from user perspective.
( As in the user didn't have to bother to take some extra steps him self
work out of the box kinda thing. )
That would be interesting, sure. But it's not really applicable to
Fedora since the "media problem" isn't something Fedora can simply
solve.
josh