On Nov 19, 2007 10:35 AM, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Christopher Aillon wrote: > > On 11/19/2007 06:25 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Codeina offers a legal solution via Fluendo for those in regions that > >> accept and enforce patents on software. Unfortunately this favors a > >> non-free solution while there are perfectly legal (in regions which > >> don't enforce patents on software which happen to be the majority of > >> the world) free and open source software available via third party > >> repositories for Fedora. > > > > Careful. Not enforcing a law doesn't mean it doesn't exist. > > Right but in many regions of the world, there isn't any law that > validates patents on software directly. There are some Grey areas in > other regions. > While the most restrictive state doesn't apply, the state where the majority of funding and base of operations does apply. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
