Toshio Kuratomi wrote: >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 > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- >Fedora-marketing-list mailing list >Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx >http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > I've made a few small changes. Check it out now and see if you feel it does a better job. I still want to avoid duplicating information presented on the ForbiddenItems page, but I can certainly agree with your points. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx www.n-man.com --
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