> Sigh. "Everyone else does it" is not a valid legal defense. That's not what I meant. I wasn't meaning that since everyone else has support that Fedora should also based completely on that fact. My point was that there are other distro's that -are- selling their products with MP3 support, yet Fedora does not, and it's freely available... not sold. > If you use > the things in the MP3 patent for commercial use, you are required to pay > royalties. The GPL doesn't allow restrictions on use via patents. All > "GPL" MP3 software is not GPL compatible. But Fedora is not a commercial product... it isn't "revenue-generating", as the company holding these patents likes to put it. Why should they expect for a company, or developer, to pay royalty licensing fees for a product that isn't sold? I'm sorry, let's just drop this, I don't mean to drag this into the ground any further, it's just a problem that seems to cause people to consistantly ask for help on. Perhaps there should be a notice on the Fedora site about this, howtos or links to howtos and rpms, etc... (that is if there isn't one already...)
