The term "bundling" refers to the practice of distributing a copy of one
software 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 for
reasons of their own. The Fedora project, in particular, has long
forbidden bundling except in a few cases where it could not be
avoided. It now seems, though, that Fedora has decided to back off a bit
on its anti-bundling policy — a decision that is not uniformly popular in
its development community, but which may well be necessary to help ensure
the distribution's ongoing relevance.
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