On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 16:04 +0200, Alex Puchades wrote: > I'm not simply proposing this software to be added to the installer, > but I'm proposing to discuss the reasons involved and if there's a > legal reason where simply pointing users to RPMFusion, for example, > would mean that Fedora is breaking patent laws. Hi, The short answer is that patent-encumbered software is only excluded when there is high legal risk. If we were to enable freetype's subpixel rendering, Red Hat would have to either pay $$$$$$$$ to Microsoft or else prepare for the inevitable lawsuit. The MP3 situation is better, since the last known patent expires in September; we'll include it in F23 unless the lawyers give us some unexpected reason not to. The long answer: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKit_Items_Not_Fo und#Fedora_Position_on_Software_Patents Michael -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
