Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-30 Thread Jared K. Smith
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > However, as others have pointed out, the only reason the start page is > using google right now is a old historical accident. We should change > it. > > There was a thread on the advisory board list not long back about > doing that... changing

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Chris Jones
Just to clear a few things up and to simplify things a little for those that may have just entered the discussion. Google Search is not open-source. Yes, sure you can use and access Google Search freely and implement it into your own site code, but all the Google Search code and it's working funct

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Ben Boeckel
(I thought I posted something like this earlier; maybe it was a private reply by mistake) Camilo Mesias wrote: > Is Google really that bad or are some people being a bit too > principled? Couldn't we think of the market leader of free-as-in-beer > search engines as a commodity and just use it whi

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/8/29 Matt McCutchen > On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 15:07 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: > > AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... http://start.fedoraproject.org/ is using > > a Google Search Box... YOU DON'T HAVE THE CODE TO PLAY WITH IT OR > > ANYTHING... With "Fedora's engine" I'm giving you the chance of

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 15:07 -0500, Manuel Escudero wrote: > AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... http://start.fedoraproject.org/ is using > a Google Search Box... YOU DON'T HAVE THE CODE TO PLAY WITH IT OR > ANYTHING... With "Fedora's engine" I'm giving you the chance of having > something more "opensource

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:07:51 -0500 Manuel Escudero wrote: > 2010/8/29 Mike McGrath ...snip... > > We have a free software policy, while we continue to revise it, > > google's search engine is clearly against that policy: > > > > > > http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/csi/free-software-pol

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/8/29 Arthur Pemberton > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Manuel Escudero > wrote: > > > AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... http://start.fedoraproject.org/ is using a > > Google Search Box... YOU DON'T HAVE THE CODE TO PLAY WITH IT OR > ANYTHING... > > With "Fedora's engine" I'm giving you the cha

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Arthur Pemberton
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN... http://start.fedoraproject.org/ is using a > Google Search Box... YOU DON'T HAVE THE CODE TO PLAY WITH IT OR ANYTHING... > With "Fedora's engine" I'm giving you the chance of having something more > "opensource

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/8/29 Mike McGrath > On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Camilo Mesias wrote: > > > > We wish we weren't and we want to learn from our mistakes rather than > > > repeat them. In the case of the start page I believe it was a > > > concession combined with the hope that it would be replaced with a > > > free

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Mike McGrath
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Camilo Mesias wrote: > > We wish we weren't and we want to learn from our mistakes rather than > > repeat them. In the case of the start page I believe it was a > > concession combined with the hope that it would be replaced with a > > free solution in the future. It at the ve

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Camilo Mesias
> We wish we weren't and we want to learn from our mistakes rather than > repeat them. In the case of the start page I believe it was a > concession combined with the hope that it would be replaced with a > free solution in the future. It at the very least should not used as a > shining example of

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread inode0
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > 1) We're already using a GOOGLE SEARCH BOX!! in > http://start.fedoraproject.org/ ¿Do you have the code for this one? > NO. And Fedora Project is using it. I'm sharing a "Fedora Solution" an > applied search engine for the community. and I

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-29 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/8/29 Kevin Kofler > Manuel Escudero wrote: > > I think it's necessary... > > I think that 1. it's not necessary or useful and 2. it may well be a > violation of Fedora's trademark guidelines. > > > And is not propietary, the code is out there for anyone to play with it, > > the real owner is

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Manuel Escudero wrote: > I think it's necessary... I think that 1. it's not necessary or useful and 2. it may well be a violation of Fedora's trademark guidelines. > And is not propietary, the code is out there for anyone to play with it, > the real owner is fedora :) Huh? This code runs on Goo

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-28 Thread Manuel Escudero
2010/8/28 Kevin Kofler > Thomas Janssen wrote: > > I just tried it. *Very* nice. > > You DO realize that this stuff is just Google with some options and that it > is completely proprietary and out of our control? > >Kevin Kofler > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-28 Thread Kevin Kofler
Thomas Janssen wrote: > I just tried it. *Very* nice. You DO realize that this stuff is just Google with some options and that it is completely proprietary and out of our control? Kevin Kofler -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/l

Re: Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-27 Thread Thomas Janssen
On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Manuel Escudero wrote: > > Hi! I've been working in a project called "Hermes" (For more information > refer to: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hermes) The idea is to build a Feed > Parser > customizable by the user that notifies when there are important news... As

Search Engine Proposal

2010-08-26 Thread Manuel Escudero
Hi! I've been working in a project called "Hermes" (For more information refer to: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Hermes) The idea is to build a Feed Parser customizable by the user that notifies when there are important news... As an additional feature I wanted to integrate a FEDORA SEARCH BOX, so