A few months ago we ran a poll about the most important non-free Linux apps. We had over 8,000 votes in that poll and we consider the results pretty interesting. Interesting enough to push Linux's market share if a distro capitalized on them?
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Member since:2005-11-11
//assisting someone in doing something illegal is illegal by itself.//
ooookkkkaaaaaayyyyyy.
Now what exactly was illegal?
I don't want to hear bluster & theory & FUD, I want to hear what act was illegal, and why.
Especially, what was illegal for most of the people on this earth who are not Americans.
Edited 2006-10-25 12:35
Member since:2005-07-06
"Now what exactly was illegal?
I don't want to hear bluster & theory & FUD, I want to hear what act was illegal, and why."
I'd suggest you start here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues
If you're RedHat or Novel the -theory- of getting sued by Thomson ceases to be "theory" and becomes a reality.
Even the small act of helping a user to obtain an unlicensed mp3 decoder can get you sued.
As long as the IP laws don't get changed, most/all enterprise backed
distribution will not touch unlicensed/dubious nature software. End of game.
If -you- are willing to risk -your- ass, why don't -you- create a
Fedora/SUSE/etc derivative that includes all the missing components.
- Gilboa
BTW, I'm not a U.S. citizen.
Member since:2005-10-02
Member since:
2005-07-06
IANAL, but assisting someone in doing something illegal is illegal by itself.
- Gilboa
Edited 2006-10-25 12:29