multimedia licensing

[kwhiskers]

So are you guys saying that this new/proposed (?) patent legislation in 
Europa will force other distros to remove vital components from the standard 
distibutions as well?

On 4/17/05, kwhiskers <kwhiskers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a question:
> 
> Many times I have heard that Fedora cannot be a fully functioning 
> operating system because of licensing constraints.
> 
> My question is:
> 
> Why are other distributions not plagued by these same constraints? They're 
> all Linux.
> 
> I have tried SuSE, Mandrake (now Mandrivel - such an unfortunate 
> christening), Knoppix, and some minor distros. 
> 

Fully functional in every respect that GPL code supports. What exactly
is missing
that makes Fedora non-functional?
Java, Flash, MP3, DVD support are not shipped due to license/legal
concerns but all
are *readily* available from a variety of easily accessable locations
e.g. livna.org <http://livna.org/>.
> Why are other distributions not plagued by these same constraints? They're
> all Linux.
Fedora has chosen to only include GPL code- anything else is excluded.
Some of the other distros are more cavalier in this respect.

--
Bests,
Jon

Every Linux distribution that ships only open source software and is
based on regions where software patents are enforced will be affected.

regards
Rahul
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