Hi > So why couldn't the Fedora project ask Fraunhofer (a > german company, > btw, so all this talk about 'Mandrake is a french > company and not > affected by patent law' seems rather weak) for > permission ? > why is the statement that a french company is not affected by software patents enforced only in the US a weak argument? If permission is to be obtained it should be in a legally binding non discriminatory way. I have a feeling that its not going to happen. ===== Regards Rahul Sundaram __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com