On 10/03/14 21:33, Miroslav Suchy wrote:
Hi,
I was forced to remove yet another project from Copr due patents (ffmpeg
bundling). And I got email in response, which (when stripped off the
emotions) contains very good question:
Launchpad allows restricted softwares, whereas copr doesn't? please search
for ffmpeg or ppsspp or pcsx2 at https://launchpad.net/
wait, how does ubuntu circumvent the US laws using PPA and restricted
codecs?
Launchpad allows
https://help.launchpad.net/Legal
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/
May be Ubuntu has better lawyers than redhat!
And I find that I do not know the answer.
What is the trick that Ubuntu can host on PPA, Lunchpad etc. restricted
content, but Fedora can not?
Mirek
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Simple, Ubuntu is based in London, United Kingdom. We do not have
Software Patents in Europe.
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Tristan
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