Just some smallish notes regarding other distros.. On 10.12.2010 12:22, andre999 wrote: > Debian uses the same names main, contrib, non-free, with explicit policy > close to Mandriva practices. > In the same policy page, they say that patent-contrained software goes > into non-free, then further down they say that it can be excluded. > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html
Interesting.. this doesn't seem to correspond to reality (they have e.g. ffmpeg with patent-constrained codecs enabled). [...] > Fedora package acceptance policy is explicitly dictated by RedHat. > Includes only free packages (thus excluding redistributable drivers), > plus excludes legally constrained packages. > Fedora is the only distro reviewed here which does not accept non-free > packages. They allow non-free firmware: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#Binary_Firmware > However, given that RedHat sells their versions of Linux (with support), > one could question the motivation of the Fedora policy. -- Anssi Hannula
