Legal Update

[Rahul Sundaram]

Christopher Aillon wrote:
> On 11/19/2007 04:09 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Jesse Keating wrote:
>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:23:58 +0530
>>> Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3) Another dialog which offers the Fluendo codecs/ "Click here for 
>>>> alternatives"
>>>> 4) User chooses to click on alternatives link
>>>> 5) Gets directed to Fedora wiki page which has a link to RPM Fusion 
>>>
>>> This part smells a lot like having a "reason" why these other repos
>>> exist (like what kind of content are within) which is verboten.
>>
>> Can you explain a bit more what you mean by that? I am not sure I 
>> understand.
> 
> 
> 3) Another dialog which offers legal stuff / Click here for potentially 
> illegal stuff.
> 4) User chooses to click on link to illegal stuff.
> 5) Gets redirected to Fedora wiki page with intent to get illegal stuff.
> 
> Smells of contributory infringment.

We asked Red Hat Legal and they have told us clearly what is allowed and 
what I have described is what is allowed AFAIK. If we need any 
clarification, we can go back and ask the real lawyers.

Rahul