Re: Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

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--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> > BTW Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, *buntu do not
> include
> > mp3 playback from the very beginning, but they are
> > easy to add supposedly.  The other distros that do
> > include the mp3 playback, have not been sued, or I
> do
> > not know of any that has.  What is illegal about
> > including the code?  
> 
> We cannot wait for being sued to prove it. Like
> Microsoft has learned 
> recently, that's a quite a lengthy and costly
> affair[1].
> 
> http://www.news.com/2100-1027_3-6161760.html
> 
> There is no US based distribution that includes MP3
> playback out of box. 
> Canonical which is the commercial/legal entity
> behind Ubuntu is 
> established (atleast technically) in Isle of Man
> which is a tax haven 
> and does not have the same laws nor do they operate
> in the same 
> environment or have the same goals.
Apparently there is one at least that does provide mp3
playback out of the box

http://www.linux.com/articles/57849?theme=print

Although you can pay for a copy of it or you can also
download it for free.  I just hope that they do not
get sued.  

M$ pays out any competitors and quiets many down
because "money talks and bullshit walks".  

Is it "bad", or illegal if one person installs wine on
Fedora and then download the windows version of vlc to
play mp3's?  This person is not using the third party
repos.  But now he/she can play mp3's.  Is there
anything illegal by doing that?

Can this person get sued?

Regards,

Antonio 

[1]  The U.S court system plays to the advantage of MS
because as others have pointed out, they can prolong
the case and the little guys will have a hard time
winning.  The judges and attorneys will do as the ones
with $$ day to do.  
> 
> Rahul
> 
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