>> It isn't a copyright issue, it is a patent infringement issue,... Sorry, my mistake. >> and >> anyone that distributes infringing software can be sued. This means Red >> Hat (as the primary distributor) as well as all the Red Hat mirrors >> could be sued for distributing unlicensed MP3 software if MP3 software >> was included in the distribution. If that's the case, why aren't other distributions, such as Mandrake, SuSE, etc., removing MP3 support like RH is? It looks like this is a moot issue, but it seems that there really isn't much concern from the rest of the Linux community concerning MP3 patent infrigement on this level. > Aa I understand it, the only time when distributing MP3 codecs is an > issue is if they are part of a product that is being sold, if, like XMMS > and winamp the product is distributed for free then there is no problem > with including MP3 functionality, so while there is some ambiguity > whether Red Hat could include MP3 players Fedora shouldn't have a > problem, I could be wrong though That was my understanding of it. My biggest beef with it is why are other distro's "getting away with it", while if I choose to stick with RH or Fedora, I have to go out and bypass their stock RPM's?
