[Mageia-dev] Teamviewer and X86_64 build . . .

[nicolas vigier]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Michel Catudal wrote:

> Le 28/11/2011 08:40, Michael Scherer a écrit :
>> Le lundi 28 novembre 2011 à 12:09 +0100, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
>>> I wouldn't like to follow the OpenBSD way...
>> Why ?
>>
>> They managed to be a highly recognized system, seen as one of the best
>> in his category, and was able to be developed since 1994.
>>
>
> They also have a very small user base.
>
>>>   There is software like
>>> TrueCrypt, Skype, TeamViewer that many users need. And there is no harm
>>> to add it to repositories.
>> I would like to remind that our focus is doing free software. And it is
>> not "becoming a dumping ground for proprietary software".
>>
> It shouldn't be but making it impossible to install those would also be a mistake.
> Skype for instance is often a requirement for many of us, not just  a wish.

We're not making it impossible to install proprietary software, and
nobody suggested doing that.