Re: Fedora Project, give me 20 Million Euros or Free EDA software

[Denis Leroy <denis poolshark org>]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Fedora is not a content distribution. It's a software distribution. We only
> ship content which is directly related to software we ship:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Code_Vs_Content
>
> Fedora is not a content library, we cannot ship all the content in
> existence, there's just too much of it.
>
> OVM cannot be used with any software in Fedora, so it also does not belong
> into Fedora. What's the point of shipping content which cannot be used?
>
> The same rationale is also being applied to MP3 files, which are also not
> permitted in Fedora.

but not for the same reason, so the comparison is inadequate.

How about: we don't ship packages of CC-licensed free music in OGG 
format (even though that content CAN be used in Fedora) because Fedora 
is not a music library ?

-denis