Ubuntu 1, Fedora 0

Scott van Looy scott at ethosuk.org.uk
Tue Mar 20 17:32:33 UTC 2007


Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly:

> Scott van Looy wrote:
>> Today Mikkel L. Ellertson did spake thusly:
>>
>>> Scott van Looy wrote:
>>>> Today Les Mikesell did spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, convince Apple they should release a Linux port of itunes...
>>>>
>>>> Who would pay for it? The problem isn't that the mp3 codecs are patent
>>>> encumbered, they're that the people who own the patents charge a per
>>>> seat licence feee, afaik...
>>>>
>>> They could always sell it like other closed source software. You can
>>> sell commercial software that runs on Linux. You just can not use
>>> GPLed code in your software. You can link to LGPL libraries...
>>
>> Which gets around fedora not being able to ship the code how?
>>
> Why would it have to be shipped with Fedora? Not all software you
> use needs to be shipped with the distribution.

Coz that's why everyone's moaning? Or is it just for the fun of it?

IMHO...iTunes is a pile of fetid donkey's kidneys which I wouldn't touch 
with a 90ft bargepole (if I could even lift one). Fedora is a free distro, 
I'd prefer it if we stayed patent free instead of pandering to people's 
whims in exchange for market share. :)

I love Fedora, as I loved Redhat before...it's always made the most sense 
to me...I've tried Suse, Debian, Slackware, even lft...all are odd in some 
ways...so I always come back ;)

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