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Re: [Bug 178162] Review Request: libgeotiff
- From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer jdub homelinux org>
- To: List for Fedora Package Maintainers <fedora-maintainers redhat com>
- Subject: Re: [Bug 178162] Review Request: libgeotiff
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:56:43 -0600
On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 17:49 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 10:34 -0600, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 17:25 +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 10:18 -0500, bugzilla redhat com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ------- Additional Comments From tibbs math uh edu 2006-10-30 10:18 EST -------
> > > > There are already Fedora repositories that would permit such software. Of
> > > > course, nothing in Extras can depend on them.
> > > >
> > > > It is indeed unfortunate, but it is not the fault of Fedora that the upstream
> > > > data is not licensed in a sufficiently free manner.
> > >
> > > Of cause Fedora also takes it share about this:
> > >
> > > It's the politics behind Fedora which prevent "legal and free for
> > > non-commercial use" packages to be adopted by Fedora and which forces
> > > packagers to resort to 3rd parties. May-be it would be more helpful for
> > > FE (FESCO) to re-consider their attitude on "non-free repos" in FE.
> >
> > No.
>
> Your open mind is always a pleasure to experience.
Thanks :).
For a more verbose denial, see Jason's response.
josh
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