Valent Turkovic wrote:
On 9/11/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:02:40 +0000 (UTC)
>> Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler(a)chello.at> wrote:
>>
>>> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram <at> fedoraproject.org> writes:
>>>> Thanks for this split. Hopefully we will able to link to the free
>>>> part from within Fedora.
>>> Unfortunately I don't think you will be able to. The stuff in the
>>> free part (or most of it, at least) is going to be exactly the stuff
>>> which Legal is most uncomfortable with: Free Software, but
>>> patent-encumbered in the US.
>> And really, if we could reference it, then why the crap couldn't we
>> just package it in our repo?
> There is a lot of differences between pointing to the repository and
> including the packages directly as I already explained in Fedora
> Advisory Board list so I won't rehash all the arguments again now.
> Please read the releated threads if you missed it. In short, it is not
> possible to include patent-encumbered packages directly in the
> repository as long as it hosted in US. Pointing to it might very well be
> possible.
>
> Rahul
Yes! I cought a bit late on this thread but I can't be happier!
I started a threat that asked this exact question: why doesn't fedora
link to external repositories after users agreeing to some sort of
ULA.
What is the update on this topic?
We are still waiting on legal input.
Rahul