[CentOS] Chromium browser for C6

Tue Jan 20 09:02:37 UTC 2015
Cian Mc Govern <cian at cianmcgovern.com>

On 20 January 2015 at 03:44, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 08:01:02PM -0600, 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.
> >
>
> Thanks for the effort, Johnny, we all appreciate all that you do!
>
> Fred


+1 - Thanks Johnny!