ம. ஸ்ரீ ராமதாஸ்|Sri Ramadoss M wrote:
Hi,
We do know that most common distros that originates abroad do not
include the necessary plugins for playing mp3 by default due to patent
issues..
how about the condition as on date in India for distro that is created
and circulated within India?
Software patents have to be registered on a regional basis unless there
are international treaties between countries automatically enforcing
them between places. Software patents in general don't seem to be valid
in India and even if they are, there is nothing which automatically
validates the U.S ones, here.
With these assumptions, I have released Omega, a remix of Fedora -
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-September/msg00015.html
It does support mp3 out of the box (among other codecs). Note however,
that once you start distributing a variant, there is nothing controlling
redistribution of it outside of India especially if it is out there in
the Internet. So the question really would be, would you be held
responsible? I wouldn't think so.
Rahul
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