Am Fr, 2003-12-05 um 14.44 schrieb Tim Lesher: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:21:27AM -0800, Kojiro Dracomour wrote: > > Honestly, I quite agree with RedHat's decision. But if > > it is true that XMMS payed the royalty fee, than > > downloading it on the side after installation would > > not be illegal in any sense, much like downloading > > WinAmp. However I personally doubt XMMS did. > > Almost. They'd just have to change the license (it's GPL right now, > which is incompatible with software patents). What about adding an application to Fedora to automatically download and install the needed software (mp3-Support, java etc.) after the installation of fedora. Maybe after pressing some "I know what i am doing"tm buttons? This would be really helpful to some beginners without knowledge how to install the necessary packages....
