On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 20:01 +0100, Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote: > Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > On Feb 8, 2008 9:45 AM, Arthur Pemberton<pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> These kind of questions come up often, a clear wiki page may be in order. > > > > Uhm is the page we offer through codeina not clear enough? > > > > -jef > > > > O rly? Codeina offers commercial codecs, for which we should pay, while > Fedora should ship "best free and open source software". > > It's hypocritical... No it's not, there legal issues that prevent Fedora from shipping certain bits because of *Patent* Law, even if the *Copyright* License is Free/Open Source. For those bits the only *LEGAL* way to have them in some countries is by paying a royalty. Fedora does not directly offer such bits, but only points people at where they can *Legally* obtain them if they want. If you don't like this situation you have to complain against the laws that enact such imposition, it's not Fedora's fault. And *please* can you document yourself before your next boutade? It's not like the first time you shout unsubstantiated criticism in the face of Fedora developers, it's not really amusing. Simo. -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
