On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 22:44, Chris Spencer wrote: > > I'm kindof surprised how so many people who are NOT lawyers seem > > to think they know more about worldwide intellectual property law > > than a team of REAL lawyers. > > If it is at all questionable then it should be excluded from the > distribution. Everyone wants to take a bite out of Linux. It can't > succeed if it is encumbered by patents. I applaud Red Hat for making > the correct decision of distancing itself from litigation. > > Moreover....if you are choosing a Linux distribution that includes MP3 > support LOOK OUT. Even an unsuccessful lawsuit is costly. I doubt if > your Linux distribution would survive a successful one. > OK, you're right. You have to respect the law anyway. So, if the law says that's illegal to distribute MP3 programs, Redhat is right not to distribute them. > Besides all this OGG is every bit as good. Who cares if it isn't the > first thing on the market. It's open and free. It's the right choice. > The only problem with OGG is that it's not supported by most mobile music players. I have one of them and it only supports MP3 and WMA. So, I have to rip my CDs in MP3 so that I can listen to them on my mobile music player... > Again...way to go Red Hat... > > -Chris > > "Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of > all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily > defeat us." - Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Julien Olivier <julo@xxxxxxxxxx>
