On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, kwhiskers wrote:
So are you guys saying that this new/proposed (?) patent legislation in Europa will force other distros to remove vital components from the standard distibutions as well?
There is the potential for that yes.
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 <http://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
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