[fab] Re: openmotif

[Tom 'spot' Callaway]

On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 21:58 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Rex Dieter wrote:
> >> Rex Dieter wrote:
> >>> Rahul wrote:
> >>>> Rex Dieter wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> Has anyone contacted openmotif about this?  Any plans to do so?  
> >>>>> I'm of the opinion we should at least give them a chance to make 
> >>>>> things right before yanking this from the distribution.
> >>
> >>>> Noone I know has contacted openmotif on behalf of Fedora. I am 
> >>>> skeptical of this after all this time since the FAQ was published 
> >>>> but it has been suggested before and if you want to take a stab at 
> >>>> it, please go ahead. 
> >>
> >>> OK, I'll give it shot.
> >>
> >> done, though someone (thanks giallu), beat me to the punch:
> >> http://204.2.109.48/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3878#3878
> > 
> > So, if openmotif doesn't change their licensing soon, who can/will pull 
> > the trigger to remove openmotif from Fedora?
> > 
> > IMO, it would be better to remove it sooner rather than later (who 
> > knows, maybe that'll speed the relicensing effort).
> > 
> > -- Rex
> 
> Since we have a number of dependencies, moving into Fedora Extras as a 
> intermediate step would be better than just dropping it.

Given the tight FC-6 timeline, I think this may be our only option, but
post-FC-6, I would hope that we'd move aggressively to remove it
entirely.

~spot
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