Also: Debian & Ubuntu respect the free software definition (Stallman fsf.org) some other distros do not & use the looser open source + other definitions.
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's a fairly well balanced article that unfortunately also highlights 2 of >> the follies of ubuntu, debian and a lot of distributions that never include >> flash and mp3 playing out of the box. > > Actually, Debian does include a Flash player out of the box (just not > the proprietary one). > > As for MP3, they can't distribute it without risking a lawsuit because > of software patents on the algorithms used (this is not just > a theoretical risk: several (free software and free hardware) compagnies > have been served a cease&desist order in this respect; smaller > distributions can usually get away with it because the patent holders > apparently don't bother suing them). Arguably, the software patent may > not be valid (there are good signs indicating that if it gets all the > way up to the US supreme court, such a patent might not be considered as > admissible, just like most software patents actually), but nobody > involved has the money to go that far. > > Do you consider it a folly of Microsoft not to include an office suite > "out of the box" in its OS? > > > Stefan > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > -- ___..____._..___._..___. ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| "I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it." -Vincent Van Gogh _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
