Hello. I am interested in using Fedora in both work and home office
environments. Is Fedora structured in such a way as to abide by US software
patent laws, making it safe for work in the US? I've mainly used a couple other
Linux distributions. In both cases, I found it very difficult to determine
whether or not the distro included software (such as multimedia codecs) which
were illegal to use in the United States. Since I am interested in using Linux
at work, I would like some kind of assurance that at the very least a fresh
install is free of patent-infringing software. In the past, I've worked with
other distros that made the task of reaching out and grabbing whatever codec
was needed (regardless of it's legality) almost automatic, which is nearly the
opposite situation I'm looking for. I figured since Fedora is backed by Red
Hat, a US company, perhaps the project's approach would be a bit more
acceptable for the complicated patent law situation in
this country.
I saw this page, which was
informative: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Software_Patents. Yet, the
disclaimer made it clear this was not necessarily Fedora's official stance on
these matters, so I was compelled to write an email. Thanks for any help and/or
clarification.
Jeremy ([email protected])
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