On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 01/19/2015 06:49 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:55:44PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>> On 01/19/2015 04:10 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 01/19/2015 12:23 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Johnny, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any ETA on version 39.0.2171.95 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> cheers >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> bump >>>>> >>>>> If I could build it, I would. At the present time, i can not build it >>>>> as the source is not on ftp.redhat.com or git.centos.org. >>>>> >>>>> Red Hat does not have permission for it to be built anywhere besides >>>>> their supplemental channel for RHEL6, and I have asked Red Hat legal and >>>>> they are trying to get permission from Google to release it in CentOS. >>>>> >>>>> I am sorry, but I can't build and release it at this time. I may not be >>>>> able to do so, even though I really, really do want to release it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Thanks for the update Johnny. So was version 38 just a one time special >>>> permission thing? >>>> >>>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/chromium/6/x86_64/RPMS/ >>> >>> I very much got yelled at for that. >>> >>> >> >> wait,... I thought Chromium was "open source"... you need a license >> to distribute it? (note that I haven't researched which license it >> uses...) >> > > Red Hat has permission to distribute, to paying customers, pieces of it > that are not open source. I need to get permission to strip parts of > that out and distribute the rest. > > I have asked for permission and am waiting on the answers of: > > 1. Can do that (take out some pieces and distribute) > > 2. If I can do that, are the pieces I took out good enough or do I need > to make more changes. > > I want to make this happen and I am trying to do so. However, I have no > idea what the outcome will be. > > One thing is for sure, people are watching me very closely on this .. > therefore I must do it exactly the way they want me to. > >Johnny, Recently on ftp.redhat.com a src rpm for chromium-browser appeared. It has since disappeared. It was located in 6Workstation, 6Client and 6Server. Does this have anything to do with your request for a chromium-browser src.rpm ? -- Connie J. Sieh Computing Services Specialist III Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 630 840 8531 office http://www.fnal.gov csieh at fnal.gov
On Wed, January 21, 2015 3:12 pm, Connie Sieh wrote:> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> On 01/19/2015 06:49 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:55:44PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>>> On 01/19/2015 04:10 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 01/19/2015 12:23 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Robert Arkiletian >>>>>>> <robark at gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Robert Arkiletian >>>>>>>> <robark at gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Johnny, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any ETA on version 39.0.2171.95 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> cheers >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> bump >>>>>> >>>>>> If I could build it, I would. At the present time, i can not build >>>>>> it >>>>>> as the source is not on ftp.redhat.com or git.centos.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> Red Hat does not have permission for it to be built anywhere besides >>>>>> their supplemental channel for RHEL6, and I have asked Red Hat legal >>>>>> and >>>>>> they are trying to get permission from Google to release it in >>>>>> CentOS. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am sorry, but I can't build and release it at this time. I may >>>>>> not be >>>>>> able to do so, even though I really, really do want to release it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the update Johnny. So was version 38 just a one time >>>>> special >>>>> permission thing? >>>>> >>>>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/chromium/6/x86_64/RPMS/ >>>> >>>> I very much got yelled at for that. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> wait,... I thought Chromium was "open source"... you need a license >>> to distribute it? (note that I haven't researched which license it >>> uses...) >>> >> >> Red Hat has permission to distribute, to paying customers, pieces of it >> that are not open source. I need to get permission to strip parts of >> that out and distribute the rest. >> >> I have asked for permission and am waiting on the answers of: >> >> 1. Can do that (take out some pieces and distribute) >> >> 2. If I can do that, are the pieces I took out good enough or do I need >> to make more changes. >> >> I want to make this happen and I am trying to do so. However, I have no >> idea what the outcome will be. >> >> One thing is for sure, people are watching me very closely on this .. >> therefore I must do it exactly the way they want me to. >> >> > > Johnny, > > Recently on ftp.redhat.com a src rpm for chromium-browser appeared. It > has since disappeared. It was located in 6Workstation, 6Client and > 6Server. > > Does this have anything to do with your request for a chromium-browser > src.rpm ? >Right people to ask would probably be RedHat folks ;-) In any event, why would that matter?! No, this is a rhetoric question. Valeri ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On 21/01/15 21:12, Connie Sieh wrote:> On Mon, 19 Jan 2015, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> On 01/19/2015 06:49 PM, Fred Smith wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:55:44PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: >>>> On 01/19/2015 04:10 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 01/19/2015 12:23 PM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Robert Arkiletian >>>>>>> <robark at gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Robert Arkiletian >>>>>>>> <robark at gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Johnny, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any ETA on version 39.0.2171.95 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> cheers >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> bump >>>>>> >>>>>> If I could build it, I would. At the present time, i can not >>>>>> build it >>>>>> as the source is not on ftp.redhat.com or git.centos.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> Red Hat does not have permission for it to be built anywhere besides >>>>>> their supplemental channel for RHEL6, and I have asked Red Hat >>>>>> legal and >>>>>> they are trying to get permission from Google to release it in >>>>>> CentOS. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am sorry, but I can't build and release it at this time. I may >>>>>> not be >>>>>> able to do so, even though I really, really do want to release it. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the update Johnny. So was version 38 just a one time >>>>> special >>>>> permission thing? >>>>> >>>>> http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/chromium/6/x86_64/RPMS/ >>>> >>>> I very much got yelled at for that. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> wait,... I thought Chromium was "open source"... you need a license >>> to distribute it? (note that I haven't researched which license it >>> uses...) >>> >> >> Red Hat has permission to distribute, to paying customers, pieces of it >> that are not open source. I need to get permission to strip parts of >> that out and distribute the rest. >> >> I have asked for permission and am waiting on the answers of: >> >> 1. Can do that (take out some pieces and distribute) >> >> 2. If I can do that, are the pieces I took out good enough or do I need >> to make more changes. >> >> I want to make this happen and I am trying to do so. However, I have no >> idea what the outcome will be. >> >> One thing is for sure, people are watching me very closely on this .. >> therefore I must do it exactly the way they want me to. >> >> > > Johnny, > > Recently on ftp.redhat.com a src rpm for chromium-browser appeared. It > has since disappeared. It was located in 6Workstation, 6Client and > 6Server. > > Does this have anything to do with your request for a chromium-browser > src.rpm ? >its been withdrawn upstream. given the level of interest in getting this built - can we not get enough attention to the issues and just do a build without needing to rely on what redhat is doing internally ? -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > Sent: den 22 januari 2015 18:20 > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Chromium browser for C6 > its been withdrawn upstream. > > given the level of interest in getting this built - can we not get > enough attention to the issues and just do a build without needing to > rely on what redhat is doing internally ?Yes, I second that!! -- //Sorin