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Subject: Re: [Nepomuk] Nepomuk - Moving away from Strigi
From: Ian Wadham <iandw.au () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-10-09 23:06:54
Message-ID: 75A587A0-C2F6-4159-B4CE-C12131048012 () gmail ! com
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On 09/10/2012, at 6:52 PM, Anne Wilson wrote:
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> On 08/10/12 21:57, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> I am arguing against the entire reason for having this thread.
>>> Vishesh
>>>> shouldn't have to go around worrying about this crap just
>>>> because RedHat has bad lawyers and has double standards when it
>>>> comes to the software they are shipping.
>> not so easy in the US
>>
> We claim to be about freedom, but freedom for us implies that we
> respect others. Whether you like it or not, laws vary from country to
> country. More liberal countries allow things that others don't.
> Since distros ship across such boundaries the default has to be
> "safe". I'm not a coder, but it seems to me that the plugin system is
> the right answer.
As an application developer (and a coder) I agree with Anne. The more
loosely KDE is bound to particular external packages and libraries, the
better it will be.
Indeed, I would dearly like to see the total removal of any dependency
of KDE libs on Nepomuk itself. Why? Because I do not think developers
should have to spend time, continually, every time a version changes
somewhere along the line, chasing up the dependencies of a package
they might never use (i.e. Nepomuk).
I see this as a form of taxation. I pay, by having to spend extra time installing
KDE libs, but others benefit (presumably).
Cheers, Ian W.
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