To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop <desktop@lists.fedoraproject.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Third party repos

On Feb 26, 2015 6:57 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
>
> 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.
>
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This would make more sense to me as a Change proposal, with all the process and publicity that comes with that.  A change in Fedora like this is much greater than the actual implementation details; treating it like a minor gnome-software feature add isn't representative of the impact on the project.

--Pete