On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 22:34, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote: > > Windows won't play a DVD out of the box. A choice of removing the MP3 > > playing option is good - you just need to get the fix. It shows we as a > > Linux community are serious about not distributing software that helps > > piracy (in other industries). > > You are so wrong in here. > > The only thing it shows here is how we, as a community, are hurt by > allowing software patents to exist. In that case, we'll have to include the Windows community. I don't recall why billg removed DVD playing support though (neither do I care). > If I lived in the USA, I would have no legitimate way to take my CD's > into MP3s (which is what a MP3 player -- much easier to find and buy > than one that also plays Ogg/Vorbis -- plays). If you own them, you can. > There is no such act of that so called "piracy" (although I don't > understand what hijacking ships, murdering and stealing have to do with > copying). "piracy" can be defined many times in the English language. Its just like the English word for "free". -- Colin Charles, byte@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.bytebot.net/ http://fedoranews.org/colin/fnu/ - Fedora News Updates
