On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 00:51:47 +0000, long27km wrote:
Why isn't there an option to install other repos codecs and impls
( i
know the technical answer) ? I thought Fedora was now supposed to be
focused on being developer friendly. Dev's could just install another
distro of the os that allows licenses like debian/ubuntu... except
maybe I still would anyway since I'd have less trouble with those
repos recently (re: x64 requires flatpak/ winepak). These growing
pains are understandable, but this is getting to be a bigger issue if
we cannot simply install and use the tools we need.
The following links should help answer this:
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https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/#_what_is_fedora (with
particular stress on the Foundations)
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems
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https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/setup_rpmfusion/
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_Party_Software_Repositories
Devs are free to install whatever distro they choose. Fedora is dev
friendly, but we are also FOSS friendly (to say the least). It shouldn't
be too hard for devs to install things with these available resources.
Additionally, we'd really like devs to use FOSS as much as possible, and
yes, we are aware that isn't always possible and when it is, it
sometimes requires extra work.
What we will not do is include proprietary software the way other OSes
you have used as examples do even if legal would allow it (I don't know
what they allow---merely referring to your statement here). That simply
isn't Fedora. :)
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Thanks,
Regards,
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