On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 00:19 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > >On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 23:42 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > > > > >>Do you have wiki access, If so you can edit the wiki yourself. Link to > >>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems which clarifies the status > >> > >> > > > >Yep. I can commit the change. I just wanted to see if anyone thought > >the revision crossed any legal boundaries before doing so. > > > >-Toshio > > > > > That page already explains everything in a legally safe now. Is there > anything left to add there? . Just linking seems to be less ambiguous to me It needs to explan that there are reasonably easy fixes to get full multimedia. The myth is that Fedora is not suitable in a desktop environment because it cannot do multimedia. The Facts are: 1) We don't include them for legal reasons (this is already there, incl. the link to ForbiddenItems). 2) We are sympathetic to the user's frustration and have done what we can to help 3) There is a reasonably easy solution for users who need this capability. We don't yet address points 2 and 3. If you point someone to this page in order to read the legal section they currently get the impression that we won't ship for legal reasons *so* Fedora will always be second rate in terms of multimedia. I want to expand on that so they leave feeling that Fedora won't ship legally encumbered code *but* we've done our best to enable users to get the multimedia experience they expect. If their gripe is that they can't play mp3s, only giving an explanation of why is telling them "Tough luck" which is a pretty unfriendly response. An telling why plus information that we've thought about the problem and there are solutions is "We hate the situation too but we're doing what we can to not get sued and provide you with the multimedia capabilities you desire." I think my addition makes this second point. If no one thinks it's problematic, I'll commit it. -Toshio
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