Re: [fedora.us] More bugzilla ticket reassignments

[Hans de Goede <j w r degoede hhs nl>]

Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> There is just one tiny little thing i wonder about: In core 3, will
> there be an option under install "Do you want to use extras-packages?
> This may be illegal under current US and EU copyright/patent law" -
> something like debian does? That would be really great, but i dont know
> the legal implications.

1) It currently still is totally legal to ship packages which have sw 
patent issues in the eu, the current eu law clearly forbids sw patents, 
so although some sw patents have been awarded in the eu this _currently_ 
is a non issue. The ec (goverment) of the eu however is doing its best 
to get sw patent legalised in the eu, against the will of the eu 
parlement (democracy, whats that?) and against the will of many 
countries parlements.

2) I've been thinking about something more elaborate then this:

Change the select your timezone screen to a select your location screen. 
This way we could also automaticly select the nearest official mirror 
for up2date and yum, and when we're in a country where it is legal 
automaticly include livna in the repository list.

If this is done before package selection, we could then also ask:
You seem to have an internetconnection, would you like to download and 
install extra available software? And include the extra repositories in 
the package selection (for example default install xine on a desktop if 
available).

Regards,

Hans



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