On 4/17/05, kwhiskers <kwhiskers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a question:
Many times I have heard that Fedora cannot be a fully functioning operating system because of licensing constraints.
My question is:
Why are other distributions not plagued by these same constraints? They're all Linux.
I have tried SuSE, Mandrake (now Mandrivel - such an unfortunate christening), Knoppix, and some minor distros.
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
Every Linux distribution that ships only open source software and is
based on regions where software patents are enforced will be affected.
regards
Rahul
