[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?

Ahmad Samir ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 6 12:39:32 CEST 2011


On 6 July 2011 12:10, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:
> If we go back to the beginning of the discussion where to put such
> packages which were in PLF we made a clear difference:
>
> 1. All non-free goes into non-free
>
> 2. Software which may be illegal in some countries (mostly because of
> licensing) will go into tainted.
>
> That's all. Clear and simple.
>
> The question about GPL or other free licenses is not touched by
> tainted. So, everything which does not have to go to tainted will go
> to free (core) or non-free, depending on it's status.
>
> --
> wobo
>

But PLF had free and non-free repos, whereas we only have tainted; our
tainted is equivalent to PLF free, not PLF non-free, IIUC.

-- 
Ahmad Samir


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