On Sun, 2007-28-10 at 13:58 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > > > > > For God's sake why is something that you can d/l from their web site > in the USA be illegal in the USA? Why does it not meet the Fedora > policy? Where can I read the policy? Try the front page of the Fedora project. For more detail, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview > If your stating the intent of the policy is to diminish the > availability of Fedora to new users then the policy needs to change. The fact that, earlier this month, the Fedora marketing list was considering adapting the slogan "Freedom is a feature" should tell you something. Fedora's policy is to ship nothing that isn't free software -- and drivers whose code is proprietary don't meet the definition, even if they are free for the download. This policy is such a cornerstone of Fedora that it is highly unlikely to change. Other distributions have different policies. If using the non-free drivers provided by NVidia is a priority for you, then, with all respect, perhaps you should look into them instead of using Fedora. -- Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 Burnaby, BC, Canada web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/
