Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-13 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 13/10/2010 04:04, Tux99 a écrit : Regardless of all that, it is ALWAYS the user's (not the distro makers) responsibility to comply with local laws of where the distro is being installed/used In fact, if you make a distro law compliant with all countries and tell that to users, you can open t

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-12 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 12/10/2010 19:31, Marc Paré a écrit : Hi Lucien, this is not directed to you but to the discussion on this thread: No problem for me ;-) There was actually nothing wrong with the Mandriva treatment of repos. It clearly satisfied everyone's expectation of their installation. It became a mat

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-12 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 12/10/2010 18:52, Tux99 a écrit : This is nonsense, Mageia can only be held responsible in France based on French law (as long as Mageia isn't planning subsidiaries in outher countries, which IMHO is unlikely and completely unnecessary for a non-profit association). Don't panic ... if our fre

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-12 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 12/10/2010 18:42, Marc Paré a écrit : Unfortunately, if this is done, I will no longer be able to install legally any Mageia due to our laws. I think it is best if these are not installed but let users know where to get them, mostly through PLF. When I install Mandriva Free for people, I

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-12 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 12/10/2010 18:19, Tux99 a écrit : I think Mageia should include as much multimedia codecs as possible, it the user's responsibility to know the laws of his/her country and if necessary uninstall anything unlicensed/illegal in his/her country. Not only multimedia but drivers too ... in my hu

Re: [Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

2010-10-12 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Le 12/10/2010 18:11, Olivier Méjean a écrit : Mageia won't be installed only in France; those patents still apply in other countries so not all patent restrictions can be dropped. And going that way you will have to drop each software that will break a law in a country ... Olivier Hi, +1 Wh

Re: [Mageia-dev] So?

2010-09-28 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
Gustavo > I don't realy understand your so impulsive reaction. You speak of FUD, in an other response for someone else than me you speak of "rebellion" and your respones to questions / suggestions looks agressives. My feeling in front of your responses is like this discussion : Q> What is the

Re: [Mageia-dev] So?

2010-09-28 Thread Lucien-Henry Horvath
EN (lecteurs français, je vous conseille de lire ci-dessous) Okay, - What is the governance of this project ? I believe that the old worker of Mandriva are the most activs. But it is not very false when person like Mahteus (or me), are feeling a problem. I don't doubt that the governance of t