The Multimedia Question

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On 7/20/07, David Nielsen <david at lovesunix.net> wrote:

> > > Are you basically suggesting Fedora start becoming the thought police
> > > here. "I'm sorry sir we object morally to what _might_ be your intend as
> > > it _might_ be in violation with the law".
> > >
> >
> > Under some legal considerations, yes you are required to be the
> > thought police. [Selling alcohol to someone who is obviously drunk and
> > driving is illegal in many countries. Some have it that the penalty is
> > the same as the drunk driving penalty: life to death. There are lots
> > of other laws that come up with selling of narcotics etc. And the
> > various anti-piracy groups have been pushing for similar rules
> > depending on where you are in the world].
> >
> > The legal question that comes up is how one promotes a service
> > promoting someone to break the law. The safest route I can see is
> > giving the user the chance to use fluendo. If that is not possible
> > then this is the perfect place for the 'Ubuntu-style' sub-fork of
> > Fedora to occur. Someone starts a company that takes Fedora source,
> > and makes it Fubluna which has codecs etc included in it.
>
> I hate to point out that:
>
> A) The ill intend is clear in case of selling alcohol to intoxicated
> people, that is not the case for codec support - the majority of people
> are law abiding within reason and merely want CNN.com to play video when
> they click on it, want their iPod to be able to play back their
> collection of CDs or heaven forbid want to watch a DVD. To play back


To be honest myself.. I was answering what I thought was your intent
of your first email's hyperbole with my own... I forgot that you have
a tendency to rise to the bait, chomp on, and try to pull the
fishermans boat under.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"