<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Jonathan Dieter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdieter@gmail.com">jdieter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 16:45 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:<br>
> Hi!<br>
><br>
> Juan Rodriguez wrote on 18.11.2009 16:32:<br>
> > My name is Juan Rodriguez, and I currently maintain a pair of packages<br>
> > for Fedora 10, 11 and 12.<br>
> ><br>
> > One of those packages I maintain is gnome-do, (and gnome-do-plugins),<br>
> > with gnome-do-docklets along the way. However, it has come to my<br>
> > attention that gnome-do's "docky" interface violates US Patent<br>
> > 7434177 [1], which in turn, crippled gnome-do by removing docky from the<br>
> > Fedora's package.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'd like to request for it to join the RPMFusion repositories instead.<br>
><br>
> As mentioned on IRC: We iirc allow packages that got removed from<br>
> Fedora to enter RPM Fusion without additional review. If my memory<br>
> serves me correct (e.g. if nobody yells over the next 2 days) then file<br>
> a CVS reqeuest for gnome-do and gnome-do-plugins and apply for<br>
> membership in FAS. You'll find details how to do that on<br>
> <a href="http://rpmfusion.org/Contributors" target="_blank">http://rpmfusion.org/Contributors</a><br>
<br>
</div></div>Just seeking clarification: does gnome-do check its plugins at runtime?<br>
If so, could we just have a gnome-do-docky package instead of having an<br>
RPM Fusion package conflict with the Fedora one?<br>
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Jonathan<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>Alright, I started poking people around, and here's the current status: <div>gnome-do will remove "docky" from their package in a future release, though not due to patents. They had already planned this before the situation arose. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I talked with the gnome-do developers, and they wrote us a patch to remove Zoom functionality, which is what's mentioned in that particular patent. </div><div><br></div><div>With that, we can continue shipping gnome-do 0.8.2 and its plugins in Fedora, and once 'Docky' is ready, we can ship that, and docklets, with full functionality, in RPMFusion instead, and Docky will be gone from gnome-do anyways. </div>
<div><br>-- <br>Ing. Juan M. Rodriguez Moreno<br>Desarrollador de Sistemas Abiertos<br>Sitio: <a href="http://proyectofedora.org/mexico">http://proyectofedora.org/mexico</a><br><br><br>
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