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 uraeus):

In regards to 2 there is code for doing an extra dialog before enabling
the installation of the software, including putting up a warning, I
haven't really looked at it for a while as I felt the labelling stuff
mostly made it redundant in the sense that it felt a bit over the top to
both clearly label something as 3rd party and non-free and then also pop
up a dialog asking the user if they really want to install this non-free
3rd party software.

As for 3, I agree about having a clear process, as for the details on 1 or
more versions or who provides it I tried to leave it open to be something
we could evolve and refine over time without having to make a big policy
change process for it. I think when I wrote the original text I mostly
thought about who would be the most likely party to be around for the
longer run and I thought that if the upstream handles it then the upstream
is likely to keep doing it for as long as the upstream is maintained, but
I realize that we would need to evaluate the truth and validity of that
one a case by case basis.

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