[ale] Fedora and RHN?

[Geoffrey]

Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>> Chris Ricker wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> And then there's the whole Novell uncertainty (a lot of things
>>> SuSE got away with, being German, will probably have to change
>>> now, such as all the GPL violations)
>> 
>> Such as?
> 
> 
> At least under US laws, any GPL'ed mp3 software is
> non-redistributable due to the patent encumbrances, and when you
> redistribute it (as SuSE does) you're violating the GPL. Up to now,
> they've gotten away with it, either because they don't care (no one's
> likely to complain) or because German laws regarding patent licensing
> on software are different than US laws. Now that Novell is the
> company, that may have to change.

I think it has, as on both SuSE 8.2/9.0 pro, xine does not support 
viewing dvds because of the issues with css.

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