On 7/20/05, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/20/05, Thilo Pfennig <tp(a)alternativ.net> wrote:
> So like from up2date one could choose: "add
> external sources". The list could be updated via web - and then there
> would be no problem, because only the enabling software is distributed.
I think you are wrong about where the grey line is. My personal
understanding is that nothing distributed by default can pull in
outside package sources to choose from or it has the potential to run
afoul of the definition of "contributory infringement". You can't have
up2date or any tool in the distro point to a list of external repos to
choose from. Just like
fedora.redhat.com can not link directly to a
site like fedoratracker.
Couldn't the user add the repo names themselves? Adding third party
repositories is a legit feature in and of itself, so we could have a
list of repos of official Fedora mirrors and channels like Extras and
Alternatives (and stable/test/release etc), that was autopolulated,
and a field for a user to add other URLs. Then we're just talking
about a GUI for repo management.
--jeremy