[ale] Fedora and RHN?

[Ray Knight]

On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:28, 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.

US laws which are in my (an many others) opinion invalid.  For over 150
years you couldn't patent an algorithm, why should you be able to now. 
Besides, how does this patent "promote the Progress of Science and
useful Arts"?

-- 
Ray Knight <audilover at atlantabroadband.com>