Can we get Opera now??

Steven Pasternak stevenp500 at bellsouth.net
Fri Aug 4 03:23:43 UTC 2006


Peter Gordon wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 11:07:26AM -0700, Peter Gordon wrote:
>>     
>>> Beartooth wrote:
>>>       
>>>> If Debian can do it, why not Fedora and yum? Opera *has* been free for a
>>>> long time now, after all ...
>>>>         
>>> It is only free as in "no cost." Until it is Free/open source, we cannot it
>>> include it in Fedora proper.
>>>       
>> Is this the sort of thing that the Livna folks do?
>>     
>
> Yes. As I understand it, the Livna folks package up stuff that is
> legally redistributable, but cannot be included in Fedora proper due to
> patent restrictions or proprietary licensing, etc.
>   
You can download a Fedora 3/4/5 rpm from opera's website. The static rpm 
works great, too.




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