> We might be in hot water still, but at least liability could possibly not > be > claimed if it is in the Terms of Use of this community list of > repositories... > > On 9/12/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> King InuYasha wrote: >> > Unfortunately, because Red Hat IS a USA-based company, they (and all >> > us Americans) cannot make a distro available that is directly >> > connected in ANY fashion to repositories containing patented >> > technologies that do not have an license explicitly stating that there >> > will be no repercussions for such aforementioned inclusion scenarios >> > to be applied. This is why Fedora has such a bad rep (I am not saying >> > it is a bad distro, I use it for everything!) with uninformed people >> > (people making the choice of using Linux for the first time). Though I >> > think CodecBuddy NEEDS support for reading through repositories to >> > find codecs because there ARE Free codecs not in the Fedora DVD by >> > default and should be able to be detected and installed. >> > >> Maybe web2.0 is the solution :) . What if we have a way to query a list >> of repos that is stored on a central site that can be appended to by >> anyone? Then we might be able to disclaim responsibility for pointing it >> out. Except that now it's mentioned on the list, and will be in the publicly viewable list archives, which smacks of premeditation. ;) >> > On 9/12/07, *Tom spot Callaway* <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx >> > <mailto:tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 08:38 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> > >> > > Or - why not move the entire repo to places that can have all >> the >> > > contents? What's the point of even worrying about this issue? >> > >> > It's not where the repo sits, its where Red Hat is based out of. >> > >> > ~spot >> > >> > -- >> > fedora-devel-list mailing list >> > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >> > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list> >> > >> > >> >> -- >> fedora-devel-list mailing list >> fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >> > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- novus ordo absurdum -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
