--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > BTW Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, *buntu do not > include > > mp3 playback from the very beginning, but they are > > easy to add supposedly. The other distros that do > > include the mp3 playback, have not been sued, or I > do > > not know of any that has. What is illegal about > > including the code? > > We cannot wait for being sued to prove it. Like > Microsoft has learned > recently, that's a quite a lengthy and costly > affair[1]. > > http://www.news.com/2100-1027_3-6161760.html > > There is no US based distribution that includes MP3 > playback out of box. > Canonical which is the commercial/legal entity > behind Ubuntu is > established (atleast technically) in Isle of Man > which is a tax haven > and does not have the same laws nor do they operate > in the same > environment or have the same goals. Apparently there is one at least that does provide mp3 playback out of the box http://www.linux.com/articles/57849?theme=print Although you can pay for a copy of it or you can also download it for free. I just hope that they do not get sued. M$ pays out any competitors and quiets many down because "money talks and bullshit walks". Is it "bad", or illegal if one person installs wine on Fedora and then download the windows version of vlc to play mp3's? This person is not using the third party repos. But now he/she can play mp3's. Is there anything illegal by doing that? Can this person get sued? Regards, Antonio [1] The U.S court system plays to the advantage of MS because as others have pointed out, they can prolong the case and the little guys will have a hard time winning. The judges and attorneys will do as the ones with $$ day to do. > > Rahul > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
