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To avoid misunderstandings, this repository is about a project at Cornell University named the Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (FEDOR
by fodmap 10mo ago
To avoid misunderstandings, this repository is about a project at Cornell University named the Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (FEDORA), not a Red Hat one.
- macintux 10mo agoAnd predates Fedora by about 6 years.
- cevn 10mo agoI was ready to be mad in the comments, now I'm mad but in the other direction.
- stronglikedan 10mo agoDon't be mad, they are clearly distinct — one is FEDORA and the other is Fedora!
- ameliaquining 10mo agoIt seems that in 2003 (when Fedora Linux first launched) this project was pretty obscure and early-stage, so it's hard to blame Red Hat for not having known about it then. This kind of thing just happens sometimes.
- j45 10mo agoFedora and Red Hat aren't super common or easily accessible anymore either, since they've made their choice as they're entitled to move towards enterprise.
- samtheDamned 10mo agoI feel like fedora is pretty accessible at this point. The main speedbump is enabling non-free repos but if you're helping someone install linux for the first time you just tell them to check that box during setup.
- phkahler 10mo agoRight or wrong, who owns the trademark?
- tsak 10mo agoThe hat! > The term fedora was in use as early as 1891. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora#History)
- fodmap 10mo agoBoth. '...all parties settled on a co-existence agreement that stated that the Cornell-UVA project could use the name when clearly associated with open source software for digital object repository systems and that Red Hat could use the name when it was clearly associated with open source computer operating systems.' https://fedorarepository.org/about/our-history/ https://fedorarepository.org/about/our-history/
- notpushkin 10mo ago> The transferable agreement stipulated that each project must display the following text on their web site: [...] Looks like Cornell-UVA satisfied this by placing it on their about page. Red Hat on the other hand hid it on a dedicated legalese page nobody will read: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/ https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/ Not a good look IMO.
- Andrex 10mo agoDue to their comparative popularity, it makes complete sense to me. You don't have people in HN comments for a new Fedora release going "Wait is this about the Digital Access Project?" What does "not a good look" even mean in this context? Getting tired of this phrase's overuse tbh. "Think of the optics" fell into disuse and I can't wait for this one to join it.
- supercheetah 10mo agoRed Hat is the bigger party here. Their minimization of this issue seems a little like bullying.
- RickJWagner 10mo agoThanks for that explanation. Totally threw me for a minute.
- jasoneckert 10mo agoIt took me far too long to figure this out from their site, but when I did, the project looked far less interesting. For a while there, I thought the "been in existence for 20+ years and our users represent an engaged, supportive and invested global community of users focused on sustainability and growth" was the Fedora Project extending their expertise in file organization and distribution to other use cases. But on the bright side, I now have a link I can use to confuse my students with (to keep them out of their comfort zone and promote deep research).
- actionfromafar 10mo agoAnd they have Fedora Slack(ware)!
- iNate2000 10mo agoWait - I saw a link to a Slack chat workspace. Do they have something for Slackware Linux as well?
- actionfromafar 10mo agoNo, sorry it was that I meant. Also confusing when you are primed to think RedHat -> Fedora -> Slackware :)
- j45 10mo agoDidn't think about the Linux distro at all because the software was clearly described as otherwise.