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Re: [opensuse] openSUSE confusion
- From: Alejandro Forero Cuervo <azul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:18:39 -0500
- Message-id: <20050912021839.GE12000@xxxxxxxxxx>
> * SUSE Linux - that's the retail version: It can be regard as a
> superset of SUSE Linux OSS, which also contains some proprietary
> bits, binary-only drivers and stuff like that. Not to mention
> end-user documentation, installation support and MP3 playback
> support.
Just minor nitpicks:
Shouldn't MP3 playback support be included in the OSS version? AFAIK,
Thompson's patents on MP3 allow royalty-free distribution of free
decoders.
Won't end-user documentation be included in the OSS version?
Thanks.
Alejo.
http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/
---=( Comunidad de Usuarios de Software Libre en Colombia )=---
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> superset of SUSE Linux OSS, which also contains some proprietary
> bits, binary-only drivers and stuff like that. Not to mention
> end-user documentation, installation support and MP3 playback
> support.
Just minor nitpicks:
Shouldn't MP3 playback support be included in the OSS version? AFAIK,
Thompson's patents on MP3 allow royalty-free distribution of free
decoders.
Won't end-user documentation be included in the OSS version?
Thanks.
Alejo.
http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/
---=( Comunidad de Usuarios de Software Libre en Colombia )=---
---=( http://bachue.com/colibri )=--=( colibri@xxxxxxxxxx )=---
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