On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
I wanted to resurface the third party repository topic before we get to next week's meeting. Currently we have the following page drafted that discusses the new disabled repo feature currently in Fedora 22 Workstation:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/3rdPartyApps
Currently there's a policy from the Council (nee Board) on third party repos here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_Party_Repository_Policy
Actually, that policy was written by FESCo. As noted on the bottom of the page, it's a FESCo policy which means changes likely need to go through them.
This policy doesn't address one of the problems I believe we're trying to solve in software -- making developer access to non-libre (but legally OK) tools on Fedora less convoluted and burdensome.
So there's not just the question of implementation and curation, but also getting a policy change approved by the Council.
For clarification the Board did review the FESCo policy at this meeting:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2014-01-23/fedora_board.20...
The two key points here are:
"The board believes that shipping repository metadata that points at non-free software is incompatible with Fedora's foundations"
and
"The board believes that reducing technical barriers to explicit user choice to install third-party software (non-free or otherwise) is compatible with Fedora's foundations."
The latter statement led to some of the disabled repo work that Richard did, IIRC. It leaves a lot open to interpretation.
josh