The XMMS people are probably right that they don't need to change 
anything, because they are not selling XMMS.

Red Hat was right to remove MP3 players, because Red Hat is selling its 
distribution.

Technically, Debian doesn't sell its distribution, so in theory Debian 
shouldn't have to change anything.

But Debian does encourgage people to sell CD-ROMs of whatever is not in 
non-free. If someone were to include an MP3 player on a Debian CD-ROM 
and sell it, that person would be violating the MP3 licensing terms. As 
a courtesy to those who sell Debian CD's, and to avoid any possibility 
of being charged as an accessory to patent infringement, Debian should 
put MP3 players into non-free and remind people not to sell CD-ROMs of 
that archive.



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