fedora LTS , why not?

dan d.e.d.linux.lists at gmx.co.uk
Sat Mar 21 21:32:45 UTC 2009


On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 21:54 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Unfortunately, pointing you to codecs which are illegal in the US is also
> illegal in the US. Ubuntu gets away with it because Canonical is based in
> the Isle of Man, not in the US.
Canonical is "Registered" in the Isle of Man, their main offices are in
London.

Ubuntu (and Debian) "get away with it" because their U.S. servers do not
offer software the US government deems illegal as that has legal
implications for their project and developers. However, those in the US
can configure their apt-sources to download from servers outside of the
U.S. That, however, possibly puts the individual in a less than
desirable position. 

Kind Regards,
Dan




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