Meeting:Board meeting 2009-05-05

Summary

 * Export restrictions and FreeMedia project
 * Board members explained that Fedora cannot violate US export restrictions
 * No wiggle room but the Board is not happy with the state of export regulations as they pertain to FLOSS
 * Board may investigate options for pursuing reform
 * PPC as a primary or secondary architecture
 * PPC has heretofore remained primary because the Board made a decree that it would stay that way until there was some other successful, actively maintained secondary architecture
 * That has not happened and PPC continues to have significant problems on a recurring basis
 * Some Board members feel that Red Hat might devote additional release engineering resources if PPC became a secondary architecture
 * Others feel that because there was no deadline set, moving PPC to a secondary architecture is somewhat bait and switch
 * Board voted on mdomsch's motion to remove its block on PPC remaining a primary architecture -- not making it a secondary architecture, a decision that is under FESCo's purview
 * Eight +1, one -1 (spot)
 * Board voted against spot's motion creating a new block requiring PPC to remain a primary architecture for six months
 * Six -1, three +1 (spot, notting, glezos)
 * No questions were left in the queue for the Board
 * Board encourages people to direct follow-up to the open fedora-advisory-board list.

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