Star Interview with Matt Wilson of Red Hat, Inc.
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th Apr 2003 17:10 UTC
Original OSNews Interviews Today, Red Hat Linux 9 has been "officially" released to the masses via the FTP servers, and we host here a mini-interview with Matt Wilson, Manager, Base Operating Systems at Red Hat, Inc.
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That's the fact, not what I 'think' or 'feel'. I asked a lawyer without trying to influence her. She said,

"Ogle & Xine DO violate the DMCA since they circumvent a copy-protection measure.. as did Dimitri's pdf-decryption software."

I AGREE WITH YOU: THIS STINKS! But

Companies can be held liable for assisting/enabling felonious conduct, so RedHat is doing the right thing.

Otherwise they could distribute DVD & MP3 playback, AA font hinting, OS-X icons, etc -- you get the idea. Suse & Mandrake just aren't viable target$ for a law$uit yet.

Remember: just because you can get transcode/dvd-rip (from plf/freshrpms/etc) does NOT make it legal to do so.