---- David BAUDENS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
I understand your point. It's a shame that smaller companies have to cave in to threats from such organizations, but such is reality. And BTW - I don't use qtella to DL music. It's used for sharing security info that may fall under the DMCA. I live in the US. -- Murray J. Root [EMAIL PROTECTED] - email (404) 978-1262 x2646 - voicemail/fax __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
