On 8 December 2010 10:51, Wolfgang Bornath <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/12/8 andre999 <[email protected]>: >> >> By presenting a special set of repositories for patent-affected software, we >> could be seen as justifying these patent sharks. >> In their minds, why else would be accommodate them ? > > Patented software is a reality in some countries. You can't discuss it > away with logical reason or morale arguments. > >> Ok, I think, how many other distros have such repositories. According to >> comments on the list : none. > > Oh, really? Some (like Mandriva) do not have such a repository because > they do not distribute such software at all, PLF does that for > Mandriva. What about Ubuntu? What about Fedora? >
For Fedora, being the most legally-challenged distro around, they don't include any patented software in their official repos at all, not even mp3 playback is possible in a default install. They even don't include any non-free stuff, so no nVidia and ATI proprietary drivers. Fedora users use some 3rd party repos, e.g. RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org/ [...] > > -- > wobo > -- Ahmad Samir
