Linked by Robert Trembath on Wed 18th Feb 2004 01:29 UTC
Couldn't stop myself from trying the new Fedora 2-test1 release, even if it is an alpha! The 2.6 kernel, KDE 3.2 and Gnome 2.5 all in the same release was just to much candy to turn away from; too bad it's more sour rather than sweet at this (beta) point than I would have expected.
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Debian also has a much saner (IMO) patents policy, namely that as a rule they'll only worry about patents that are being actively enforced. Thus, mp3 players and mono (to name but two examples) can be found in Debian but not in Fedora.
This might be 'saner' for Debian but Red Hat has millions in the bank and that makes them a target for the gif, mp3, sco, and stories like this:
In August, Microsoft lost a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Eolas Technologies Inc., a spinoff of the University of California. The jury in the case decided that Microsoft's support for ActiveX controls, plug-ins and Java applets in its Internet Explorer browser infringes on United States Patent 5,838,906, owned by the University of California and licensed to Eolas in 1994. Microsoft was ordered to pay $521 million to Eolas and the University and also change the way Internet Explorer works. The software giant is appealing.
Shit happens and Red Hat is watching where they step since they are out front for linux, If you could sue any distro, which would you pick? The one with $500,000,000 and is hit by US patents. or the one based in the EU that has yet to profit?
I want Red Hat to be around for a while they have proved they act honorably for a company with a decent foothold in a market. If I'm going to pay money for linux I want it to be someone who releases ALL software they develop under the GPL when they buy out companys like red hat did sistina they release that propriatry code as GPL, They allow easy forks (SRPMs) of thier distro (whitebox,mandrake, etc) So a monopoly is out of the question. If they ever pulled any crap people will just fork or switch there is no worry about investing time/money in them you will always have a product no matter what they do since you pay for ALL the code they write.
crap i'm late for work. have a good day.