Am Fre, 2003-08-01 um 21.51 schrieb FÃliciano Matias: > Le ven 01/08/2003 Ã 17:53, Tim Kossack a Ãcrit : > > 3. red hat's (legal) position regarding shipping xmms without the > > mp3-plug is understandable, > > Mandrake license : > http://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/linux/Mandrake/9.1/i586/LICENSE.txt > Warning: Free Software may not necessarily be patent free, and some Free > Software included may be covered by patents in your country. For example, the > MP3 decoders included may require a licence for further usage (see > http://www.mp3licensing.com for more details). If you are unsure if a patent > may be applicable to you, check your local laws. > > Keep in mind that Mandrake is a French company and patent software don't > apply in France. so patent violations can't get inforced in france, am i getting you right? i would be surprised if it's the same in germany, nevertheless suse sontains at least an mp3-decoder by default (but they might have payed for it-if suse can do it, why not red hat?!). despite all this, my question was if it would be legally feasable to enable xmms (or whatever program) to get the plug automatically from the net after rhl is installed on the users pc. > > > 4. rh9.x should ship with flash-, java- and whatever plug-in already > > installed in browsers > > Check the license of RHL : > http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/os/i386/EULA > > It's free OS. With java and/or flash we loose this GREAT benefit. > To gain this benefit we (and you) need to make some efforts (download > java, flash...). so red hat would have to pay money for distributing java-, flash-plugin? because i as an enduser get those for free (because those companies are interested in establishing their standards), i thought that it would be the same for vendors. > > especially to prevent companies like lindows > > > > Is Lindows a free OS ? Where can i download it ? no, but imo rhl needs not to be free, they might sell it with their new magazine having those plugs installed. also, again, there's a good chance people might subscribe to rhn if they find rhl up to their everydays tasks, if they get stucked even to play mp3s, the likely won't! maybe red hat should think about cancelling free rhn-access to earn the necessary money paying the licenses. otherwise, if red hat won't or can't make an desktop targeting the enduser (which mandrake and especially lindows seems to be doing successfully), suited to the enduser's needs, it has already lost this race before it really started. maybe they have already in abandoning the classic boxed retailchannel! it would be sad if the biggest commercial vendor of linux would not be able to compete in this market, being outmanoeuvered by the other vendors, and from a longterm business perspective, it might even not be wise. however this might be, i've made also some other comments-if this issue isn't feasable, the other things are (because others are doing them, or because they are already partly done)! > again, those comments are being made from an ordinary users perspective, > > and are meant in a constructive manner! > > > > OK.
