Scott van Looy wrote: > Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly: > >> Scott van Looy wrote: >>> Today Les Mikesell did spake thusly: >>> >>>> >>>> Or, convince Apple they should release a Linux port of itunes... >>> >>> Who would pay for it? The problem isn't that the mp3 codecs are patent >>> encumbered, they're that the people who own the patents charge a per >>> seat licence feee, afaik... >>> >> They could always sell it like other closed source software. You can >> sell commercial software that runs on Linux. You just can not use >> GPLed code in your software. You can link to LGPL libraries... > > Which gets around fedora not being able to ship the code how? > Why would it have to be shipped with Fedora? Not all software you use needs to be shipped with the distribution. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
