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

[Anssi Hannula]

On 12.07.2011 04:42, andre999 wrote:
> Romain d'Alverny a écrit :
>> Speaking of the software patent stuff, the Debian Project just
>> released a Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ here:
>> http://www.debian.org/reports/patent-faq (announce:
>> http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110709 ).
>>
>> Romain
> 
> Interesting reading.
> Warning against paranoia regarding software patents.
> 
> So maybe we should have a policy of putting packages in "tainted" for
> patent reasons only after being notified by the patent holder ?

We are unlikely to be notified (Ubuntu/Debian hasn't been to my
knowledge), so that would effectively make "tainted" empty.

> Or some other significant factor regarding actual willingness to attempt
> to enforce ?  Or actual validity ?
> (In the few jurisdictions accepting software patents, of course.)

That is what is done. If there is a licensing program or past
enforcement, it is considered as "tainted".

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Anssi Hannula