On 26/07/09 23:38, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> said: >> I would just like to remind people that there are not two (Fedora and >> non-free) kinds of package, but three, the totally free (Fedora), the close >> source but legal (fglrx and similar vendor drivers), and the only legal in >> the free world, restricted in fascist countries. >> >> I mention this because vendor drivers, while not open source, are free and >> legal to use and redistribute. So let's not talk about rpmfusion and *forge >> software as illegal, much of it is not, even in the USA. > > Aside from calling the US fascist (which is a little over the top, > especially since the US isn't the only country that has allowed and/or > enforced the stupid patents), you're wrong on another point. A number > of the closed source kernel modules are of questionable legality (and > not just in the US), because they may be derived works of the Linux > kernel. A derived work of the kernel must be GPLv2, which can't be > closed source. > Why aren't they then being prosecuted? Too costly? -- Erik. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
