Article QCKT [$] Fedora opens up to bundling

[$] Fedora opens up to bundling

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The term "bundling" refers to the practice of distributing a copy of onesoftware project (usually some sort of library) within another one.Software developers may have a number of reasons for bundling, but Linux distributors tend to dislike it forreasons of their own. The Fedora project, in particular, has longforbidden bundling except in a few cases where it could not beavoided. It now seems, though, that Fedora has decided to back off a biton its anti-bundling policy - a decision that is not uniformly popular inits development community, but which may well be necessary to help ensurethe distribution's ongoing relevance.
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