Re: [council] #57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy

#57: Seeking Council feedback/input on draft third party software policy
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Reporter: pfrields | Owner:
Status: new | Priority: normal
Component: General | Resolution:
Keywords: workstation |
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Comment (by mattdm):

So, having re-read this, I think my main concerns are:

1) Presentation of external vs. maintained by Fedora Project must be very
clear
2) Presentation of free software vs. non-free must also be clear, with
non-free being opt-in
3) The process for inclusion is community-based and community-driven.

I think the proposed design for Software covers the clarity issues of
points 1 and 2. I'm don't see the opt-in process mentioned, although I
know we've talked about this previously. Fedora has a mission to actively
support and promote free and open source software and I want to see this
policy take an *active* part in that.

On point 3, the document strongly notes that the enablement of various
third party repositories will be done by working groups or SIGs. That's
fine, but I'd also like to add that any group doing so must have a
documented process which allows community input and which produces a
traceable history (a ticket or something).

Those are the big things. On a smaller note, I also am not sure about the
There Can Only Be One goal. I can see value in that, but I can also see
value in having both upstream and Fedora-packaged versions and letting
users decide which they prefer. I'd also like to see "higher technical
quality" prioritized over "provided by upstream" — I mean, it's great if
upstream does the work, but if someone else can and will do it better,
shouldn't we encourage that?

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