On 24.03.2011 22:27, Romain d'Alverny wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 20:08, Anssi Hannula <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 24.03.2011 19:35, Romain d'Alverny wrote: >>> Summary (from http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=licensing_policy): >>> * core: stuff that is not Free/Open Source according to OSI/FSF does >>> not belong here. Not even closed-source stuff that we can >>> redistribute. So if there is at this time, that's something to fix. >> >> Most of files in kernel-firmware (which is in core) are not OSI/FSF free >> (approximate list from 2010 [1]). There was a short thread about that >> [2] where I asked the question if they should be moved to non-free due >> to them not being OSI/FSF free, and tmb agreed, while pterjan disagreed >> (saying BSD without source code (where a portion of the firmware files >> in question fall) is eligible for core). >> >> [1] http://lists.mandriva.com/cooker/2010-01/msg00525.php >> [2] https://mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20110115/002172.html > > Ah right, sorry for overlooking this. > > So what do we do? amend core inclusion definition for that? or move > these to nonfree? (and at what cost?)
I don't really have a strong preference here, as long as 1) it is consistent, and 2) users are happy (e.g. no situation where even the free radeon driver doesn't work with any ISO) > topic for next Council meeting > to decide? Probably. > would you like to write a summary for this in > http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=meeting:council_notes_2011_03_28#open_questions > ? OK, seems I was late, sorry. The summary looks good. -- Anssi Hannula
