[Mageia-dev] About panotools patent problem (and other problematic rpms)

andre999 andr55 at laposte.net
Sat Feb 26 06:35:46 CET 2011


Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
>
> Op donderdag 24 februari 2011 16:08:51 schreef Anne nicolas:
>> 2011/2/24 Thierry Vignaud<thierry.vignaud at gmail.com>:
>>> On 24 February 2011 07:13, andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>  wrote:
>>>>> And if you discussed the issue and your POV wasn't adapted, what's the
>>>>> point re-emerging it now given that changing the new isn't easy now
>>>>> that the infra- is already in place.
>>>>
>>>> In 4+ months, a lot will be changed/corrected.
>>>> In my mind, this inappropriate name will tarnish Mageia.
>>>> We can surely find a much more appropriate name.
>>>> Since the repositories in question are empty, and will never be very
>>>> big, the cost of changing is minimal.
>>>
>>> Then what do you suggest?
>>> (Remember we already have that discussion)
>>> "half free" :-)
>>> "maybe free"
>>> "free&  maybe patent-free in your country"/release
>>> "not sure" (special idiocraty for blino&pterjan) (me slapping enael
>>> for having let those guys view that film)
>>
>> As a side note, let me protest against this. I was a victim and had to
>> watch it 3 or 4 times
>
> i'm really curious about the movie now...

me too :)

actually, any of those suggestions would be an improvement ;)
I did suggest "contrained".
Ubuntu uses "restricted" and/or "multiverse" (which include mostly 
non-free packages), and there were a lot of other suggestions.
There was only ONE that seemed inappropriate.

-- 
André


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