Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly:
Scott van Looy wrote:
Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly:
Scott van Looy wrote:
Today Les Mikesell did spake thusly:
Or, convince Apple they should release a Linux port of itunes...
Who would pay for it? The problem isn't that the mp3 codecs are patent
encumbered, they're that the people who own the patents charge a per
seat licence feee, afaik...
They could always sell it like other closed source software. You can
sell commercial software that runs on Linux. You just can not use
GPLed code in your software. You can link to LGPL libraries...
Which gets around fedora not being able to ship the code how?
Why would it have to be shipped with Fedora? Not all software you
use needs to be shipped with the distribution.
Coz that's why everyone's moaning? Or is it just for the fun of it?
IMHO...iTunes is a pile of fetid donkey's kidneys which I wouldn't touch
with a 90ft bargepole (if I could even lift one). Fedora is a free distro,
I'd prefer it if we stayed patent free instead of pandering to people's
whims in exchange for market share. :)
I love Fedora, as I loved Redhat before...it's always made the most sense
to me...I've tried Suse, Debian, Slackware, even lft...all are odd in some
ways...so I always come back ;)
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