> That's a valid point, but in the US anyone can sue anyone else over just > about anything and it's not over till the appeals are used up. How can > you be sure that someone won't claim ownership of some obscure parts of > Linux and sue over that - again? You can't, but you can at least try not to ship anything which you know someone else has rights over, which is after all triple damages for knowingly offending. So I correct myself - if you have $3.6billion feel free to ship a Fedora with MP3 support. Alan