> Many times I have heard that Fedora cannot be a fully functioning operating > system because of licensing constraints. Fully functional in every respect that GPL code supports. What exactly is missing that makes Fedora non-functional? Java, Flash, MP3, DVD support are not shipped due to license/legal concerns but all are *readily* available from a variety of easily accessable locations e.g. livna.org. > Why are other distributions not plagued by these same constraints? They're > all Linux. Fedora has chosen to only include GPL code- anything else is excluded. Some of the other distros are more cavalier in this respect. -- Bests, Jon
