Stability and Release Cycles - An Idea

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon Dec 22 22:07:54 UTC 2008


Les Mikesell wrote:
> Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> I'd expect silverlight/moonlight to become something fairly essential
>>> within the life of the next enterprise release, especially if netflix
>>> streaming works on it.
>>
>> Silverlight/Moonlight isn't any more likely to appear in Fedora than 
>> MP3 is.
>> It's patent-encumbered, it cannot be included in Fedora.
> 
> Fedora doesn't have to _include_ everything.  It just needs to provide 
> working interfaces for 3rd party applications.

You don't need "interfaces" in this case.  Download and run it from a 
Novell site since that's the only "legally safe" option according to

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080528133529454

"It only covers 'direct' recipients from Novell, not 'indirect', which 
would likely exclude those who receive it directly from anyone other 
than Novell unless that third party is an 'authorized reseller'."

Rahul




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