On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 02:26:32PM -0500, andre999 wrote: > Romain d'Alverny a écrit : > > - for packaging/shipping the distribution > > Evidently easier to package. (One less consideration.) > As well, the problem doesn't exist in France, so Mageia itself won't > be a target.
This is a over simplification. PLF is not only for patented softwares, but also for softwares that have others issues ( DMCA, copyright claim, etc ). So from a packaging point of view, we would still have a separate repository, so the consideration would likely still exist. > > - for using it. > > It doesn't seem that any individual user has been pursued for using > unauthorised patent-affected software. > So using patent-affected software is a non-issue for users. > (Unless they choose to avoid such software, of course.) We should not only take care of individual users, companies can also use a linux distribution. See how debian is used in many embedded product, or Fedora for that matter. So no, this is not a non-issue for users, because there is more than "individual users" in the users group. -- Michael Scherer