On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 13:45 9/22/2003, you wrote: > >and less since Redhat will insist on several apps being removed due to > >potential licensing issues. > > IANAL and TIMHO, but... > > In the few cases I've seen so far (MP3 playback being the most visible), > Red Hat and everyone else who distributes a commercial product is REQUIRED > not to include them unless they comply with X or Y special provisions > which, by the nature of Red Hat Linux, they cannot do. In these cases, much > though we are not used to seeing corporations act responsibly, Red Hat is > doing exactly that. Someone is saying (via their license terms) "do this or > that, and if you can't/won't, then don't use my software" and Red Hat is > respecting those terms. > > How on God's green Earth is this a bad thing? Go bitch at the other guy for > being restrictive if you don't like it, it's not Red Hat's fault.
Hmmm, so you think that was bitching. Did I say I didn't like it? Did I say it was bad thing. Those are your comments not mine. I simply pointed out a difference between the current Fedora package and Redhat's releases. You should take more time to read the emails before you hit the send key (now that IS bitching!). -- Gerry "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
