On 9/11/07, Casey Dahlin <cjdahlin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin Kofler wrote: > > Rahul Sundaram <sundaram <at> fedoraproject.org> writes: > > > >> Thanks for this split. Hopefully we will able to link to the free part > >> from within Fedora. > >> > > > > Unfortunately I don't think you will be able to. The stuff in the free part (or > > most of it, at least) is going to be exactly the stuff which Legal is most > > uncomfortable with: Free Software, but patent-encumbered in the US. > > > > > There's a wide spectrum between "right in Fedora" and "not acknowledging > its existence." > > Whereas before Red Hat became subject to liability for merely saying the > word "Livna" in public, we might be able to move to a tacit and > well-disclaimed "suggestion" that users use the Free half of rpmfusion. > So we could go from having to say "Never heard of it" to being able to > say "Its over there, and I know about it, but I really can't recommend > that you use it (by clicking this button right here)" ha, ha :) great idea the "don't click this button" button :) -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
