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The Tuesday 2007-01-30 at 17:15 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote:

> This is a very very helpful approach. I thank you very much for what you
> have done. There is still a question in my head, maybe I am stupid:
> 
> There is a link in your page and it linke to a page explains issue
> related to restricted formats, I see a warning there:
> 
>         Do not add external links to software packages that contain
>         illegal software. Since openSUSE is sponsored by Novell, this
>         means "illegal" in any jurisdiction that Novell carries on
>         business.
> 
> Here I have a question for people who might understand law better than
> me. What is the word 'illegal' mean actually to me? I live in China for
> 25 years, this piece of land never made the concept of illegal software
> very clear. Is mad library illegal? I'd like to say this is perfectly

Notice that your local laws do not apply to that page. The applied law are 
those of the country to which Novell belongs. Ie, Novell is not a Chinese 
company, it is an American company: thus American laws apply to that page.



> this page:
> http://opensuse-community.org/Restricted_Formats/10.2
> Which seems do not have a warning like that. 

Because it is not sponsored by Novell.


> For other ways, like recommending Novell to put non-oss the default
> repository

No way.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.
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