On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Andreas Jaeger<aj@novell.com> wrote:
Every project has to do its on review. What others uncover and what decisions they make, is a good input into the review but still somebody has to review it.
Thank you for speaking up Andreas. While I think the factory list isn't the place for this legal discussion, you've clarified things nicely.
Btw. Sun is not distributing a Linux distribution,
I'm kinda curious about Joerg Schilling's motivations behind all this. He seems to rave about Solaris. No one said that Linux is perfect. It just has the most momentum. Joerg - I haven't seen any real concrete examples of the problems. Do you have a FAQ that spells everything out in non-legalese that shows what the exact problems that wodim causes compared to cdrtools? Having used Linux for over 10 years(and I have installed and played with the CDDL version of Solaris as well), I have found that burning under Linux has never been easier, and in my opinion, interfaces to the tools like K3b are so much better than any commercial versions under Windows like Nero and Roxio. Legal issues are a problem everywhere you go. If you use libdvdcss to watch a movie legally purchased in the US(where I am) you are breaking the law because you didn't pay for the right to watch it as well(which is included in all Windows based DVD players as well as all hardware DVD players). Licensing doesn't benefit the end user in most cases when you are dealing with things like that. Some say that the CDDL is incompatible with the GPL and vice versa. Personally I don't care. I just want to be able to do what I need to do and have things work. As the author, you do care about licensing, but it's a grey area with a worldwide ecosystem, what's legal here may not be legal there. Heck, we have that problem in the states. I'm not allowed to use a Radar Detector in Virignia where I live, but it's legal everywhere else except Washington DC. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org