On 7/21/05, Karsten Wade <kwade@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > a) Fedora has not done a very good job of loudly advertising why we > don't distribute certain codecs, although we do spend a lot of time > addressing the topic in other ways. Scapegoat sez, "Patent royalties are the pressure sensitive landmines of software development. Field mice don't have to worry about it. But a herd of sheep do." Getting the message out about the dangers of patent royalties succinctly in a way that encourages people to get informed about the larger issues where foss and patents intersect is a pretty tough nut. Any explanation inevitably has to touch on the project's commitment to make sure 3rd parties can use and re-distribute all the provided software without getting additional permission from individual patent holders. I don't know how you say that in a way that make a compelling read... I fell asleep while trying to write this paragraph and again when reading over it for mistakes. -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
