[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout : Why validate software patents ?

Wed Dec 8 09:58:21 CET 2010

On 8 December 2010 10:51, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:
+> 2010/12/8 andre999 <andr55 at laposte.net>:
+>>
+>> By presenting a special set of repositories for patent-affected software, we
+>> could be seen as justifying these patent sharks.
+>> In their minds, why else would be accommodate them ?
+>
+> Patented software is a reality in some countries. You can't discuss it
+> away with logical reason or morale arguments.
+>
+>> Ok, I think, how many other distros have such repositories.  According to
+>> comments on the list : none.
+>
+> Oh, really? Some (like Mandriva) do not have such a repository because
+> they do not distribute such software at all, PLF does that for
+> Mandriva. What about Ubuntu? What about Fedora?
+>
+
+For Fedora, being the most legally-challenged distro around, they
+don't include any patented software in their official repos at all,
+not even mp3 playback is possible in a default install. They even
+don't include any non-free stuff, so no nVidia and ATI proprietary
+drivers. Fedora users use some 3rd party repos, e.g. RPM Fusion
+http://rpmfusion.org/
+
+[...]
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+>
+> --
+> wobo
+>
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+
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+