On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 21:35, Adam Kosmin wrote:Perhaps I'm just a bit dense, but I would think all of us have the right to install whatever software we wish on our *personal* computers, whether it's FOSS, non-FOSS, or dental FLOSS, it's our decision. (The question of whether the software was obtained legally or not is an *entirely* different question, although it might be an important question.) Secondly, since this is an individual right, and since people probably have varying opinions on the details of this, I don't think trying to convince others to think the same way you think is apropriate in a *technical* help mailing list. There are plenty of *-advocacy lists, probably one for FOSS.
I'll spell it out for you. By allowing this documentation to exist on
fedoranews.org, readers are basically being told "It's ok to use and
install non-FOSS software on your computer. In fact, we'll even show you
how!".
So if someone asks how to obtain/install an mp3 codec for mplayer, that's a technical question that should get a technical answer. An additional note that in some jurisdictions, a royalty is due to patent holders is OK, but a sermon on FOSS is not on topic for this list, IMHO.
Sorry to be so blunt, but if it's a pig, you just have to call it a pig. :-)
-- Fritz Whittington Force without wisdom falls of its own weight. (Horace, Odes)
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