On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 05:05:51PM +0000, John M. Harris, Jr. wrote: > There is a difference between ignoring proprietary software, and providing > installation methods for it in the distro. It is against the first of the > Four Foundations, Freedom, to include these repositories. It's one thing if > the user seeks out the software and installs it themselves, it's another if > we're baiting them into installing software that does not provide the four > Essential Freedoms. > > Not only that, but we can make no guarantee as to the state of these repos or > the state of the software, as it is proprietary. This is also a potential > issue for Fedora Legal.
As noted upthread, this policy was approved by the Fedora Council and definitely passed through Fedora Legal. I understand that some folks disagree, but I don't think re-litigating it at this point is very productive unless there's some new information that has come to light. kevin
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