Fedora - DELL ?

[Mike]

Jumping in here ---

Is the issue patent or copyright?

MIke

Alan Cox wrote:
>> That's a valid point, but in the US anyone can sue anyone else over just 
>> about anything and it's not over till the appeals are used up.  How can 
>> you be sure that someone won't claim ownership of some obscure parts of 
>> Linux and sue over that - again?
>>     
>
> You can't, but you can at least try not to ship anything which you know
> someone else has rights over, which is after all triple damages for
> knowingly offending. So I correct myself - if you have $3.6billion feel
> free to ship a Fedora with MP3 support.
>
> Alan
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