On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 23:09 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> >>> It has been adequately explained why Fedora Core / Extras don't carry
> >>> non-free software or why Fedora Core isn't shipping out-of-tree drivers. [...]
> >> I'm wondering if we should document this explicitly somewhere in an
> >> "official" place.
> > Isn't http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems enough? [...]
>
> Well, I can't see anything about wlan drivers there -- madwifi, which is
> really problematic, would fit there really well.
>
> But it's getting more complicated when it comes to acx and ipw3945,
> because even on LKML there are different opinions about their legal
> status and if they are acceptable for the kernel.
>
> And to quote David: "[...]why Fedora Core isn't shipping out-of-tree
> drivers" -- this is more a political position and not strictly forbidden
> afaics. It should probably be documented somewhere, too.
>
> I'm working on something in this area for Extras currently that
> describes why the best place for kernel-modules is the upstream kernel.
> But that's not ready for public consumption yet; parts of that document
> probably could be used for a document that explains why Fedora Core
> normally does not ship out-of-tree drivers in the kernel.
Just make sure that if you must put it somewhere other than
ForbiddenItems, you link it from there. Our wiki already needs a lot of
cleanup, so fragmenting these issues further complicates that job.
Thanks for writing something.
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