Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

[David G. Mackay]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 20:40 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> David G. Mackay wrote:
> 
> > 
> > When the laws are inane enough, people will pretty much ignore them,
> > short of Draconian enforcement measures.  I regard the DMCA as some of
> > the finest legislation that money can buy.
> 
> Of course but ignoring it while it exists isn't a option.

It's not for Redhat, because the enforcement against them would be
severe.  I'd venture to guess that millions of individuals are ignoring
it, in spite of spamigation (nifty term, that, I wish I could remember
who coined it) by the RIAA, and others.

> > The real fix is to change the laws, as someone already pointed out in
> > this thread.  That might not be as impossible as it first appears. 
> 
> Sure.
> 
> http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/04/07/red-hat-asks-federal-court-to-limit-patents-on-software/

Thanks for the link.  What we really need is a public outcry, which
would be very difficult to generate.  We'd need to have someone do
something like making them listen to commercial radio after they've
gotten used to internet radio, apparently.

Dave