mp3 help...

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Oct 24 21:39:31 UTC 2003


Once upon a time, Ricky Boone <whiplash at planetfurry.com> said:
> Why exactly is this still an issue?  Since Fedora is not a Red Hat
> product, only a Red Hat sponsered project, these copyright issues
> shouldn't concern them anymore.

It isn't a copyright issue, it is a patent infringement issue, and
anyone that distributes infringing software can be sued.  This means Red
Hat (as the primary distributor) as well as all the Red Hat mirrors
could be sued for distributing unlicensed MP3 software if MP3 software
was included in the distribution.
-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.





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