On Sunday 17 February 2002 12:31, you wrote:
> ---- David BAUDENS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 February 2002 10:04, you wrote:
> > > Michael Reinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > What happened to gtk-gnutella in contrib? I can't find it
> > > > anymore on uninett and sunet...
> > >
> > > David Baudens said to me that it could be legally problematic to
> >
> > have
> >
> > > it and asked me to remove it.
> > >
> > > I trusted him, but do not know the exact status of such programs.
> >
> > Legal status of programms like this one is unknown because they
> > allow
> >
> > to access to non legal material. So, we need to be safe and to not
> >
> > distribute them.
> >
> > This is the same problem than for libcss.
> >
> > --
> > David BAUDENS
> > MandrakeSoft - http://www.mandrakesoft.com
>
> By that logic, ftp clients and web browsers should be removed from
> the distro, also.

Web browsers and ftp clients are not targetted by big companies that 
have billions $ to sue small companies like us. 

Web browsers and ftp clients were not created to piracy music like was 
Napster. And don't try to say that 99,999999999% of people who use 
Napster or Gnutella like softwares don't use them to piracy music or 
video, you will be ridiculous. 

I'm sorry for you but if you are not happy, it is the same thing. We 
can't take the risk to be destroyed for such things. We work to hard to 
push Linux on as many computers as possible to see all our work 
destroyed for such things.

If you want to use Napster or Gnutella like softwares, download them 
from their home sites but don't ask to see them in Mandrake Linux.

-- 
David BAUDENS
MandrakeSoft - http://www.mandrakesoft.com

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