On Sun, January 28, 2007 7:55 am, M. Fioretti said: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 07:11:31 AM -0800, Charles R. Buchanan > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Using that analogy, then why doesn't the "consortium" that adopts >> TCP/IP protocols charge for every use of the internet? > > because *that "consortium"* decided NOT to do so, and release > everything with a different license. Simple. > >> every cd I buy, I rip it to my hard drive. I think that is my right >> to do that. > > I haven't seen anybody on this list stating that such an activity > should be illegal (while it _is_ illegal in maaany countries, starting > from many of the important Western ones, which doesn't explicitly > allow format shifting: but is this Suse's fault?) > >> Guess I will be playing them with something other than SuSe. <sigh> > > You have realized that it is absolutely NOT Suse's fault if you and > lots of others have this problem, haven't you? > > Ciao, > Marco
Aren't we defensive this morning? :-) No where did I say it was SuSe fault. I think you need to go read what I said again. Maybe something was lost in the translation. I still stand by my thoughts and the analogy is still the same. You can "hide" behind the "different license" stand. (in other words legal mumble jumbo) Like I said, where there is money to be made, there are lawyers. Sometimes it's funny to see who gets there first, the lawyers or the tax man! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
