[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout : Why validate software patents ?

[Wolfgang Bornath]

2010/12/8 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
>
> For Fedora, being the most legally-challenged distro around, they
> don't include any patented software in their official repos at all,
> not even mp3 playback is possible in a default install. They even
> don't include any non-free stuff, so no nVidia and ATI proprietary
> drivers. Fedora users use some 3rd party repos, e.g. RPM Fusion
> http://rpmfusion.org/

Thx, so it's the same as with Mandriva wrt patented software.
What I wanted to say: distributing no patented software at all is not
the same as "having no extra repository for patented software", so are
Mandriva and Fedora seen as "justifying patent sharks" as andre999
descibed it?

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wobo