[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout

Sat Dec 11 10:33:01 CET 2010

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 03:15:40PM -0500, andre999 wrote:
+ 
+> And how does that translate for free software ?
+> In the U.S., software patent holders have avoided attacking targets
+> without a lot of financial resources.
+
+Well, what if we end having enough ressources in the futur ? 
+
+> The only Linux-associated target I recall is Novell.
+
+And TomTom ( http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/02/25/232212/Has-Microsofts-Patent-War-Against-Linux-Begun )
+And a patent deal was done with Amazon (
+http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/02/23/1231255/Microsoft-Amazon-Ink-Kindle-and-Linux-Patent-Deal ).
+And I am sure that with more than 3 minutes research, I can find plenty of example.
+
+> Mpeg patents are pursued, but the several PLF mirrors in the U.S.,
+> with openly indicated patented packages, are ignored.
+
+Many PLF mirrors ?
+I see only 2 of them, and one of them is out ( non existant domain, 
+bigsearcher.com )
+http://plf.zarb.org/mirrors.php
+So basically "many PLF mirrors" = 1 ?
+
+Not to mention that a ratio of 2 mirrors in the USA out of a total
+of 25 seems rather odd, for something that admins do not care.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+