On Friday 21 October 2005 04:19 pm, Sid Boyce wrote:
Howard Coles Jr. wrote:
This is getting ridiculous! Just allow the thing to play MP3s for crying out loud. Good grief even Debian has MP3 players, and you can't get any more anal about free, and legal! I'm getting worn thin on SUSE's flimsy excuses for not having MP3 support.
When you are Novell, I'm sure there are companies and people out there just ready to settle old scores if you don't tread carefully. I'm sure there are other small guys who will provide that stuff, I build my own. Taking Debian to court would only accrue enough damages to keep the lawyers in icecream for the duration of the trial if it's held in an average summer. Regards
That is the whole mentality that I find ridiculous. Why? Because whether they put it on a CD or have it downloadable from their web site they STILL distribute it, there is no legal difference. So why jump through a thousand hoops, create crappy crippleware, when you are going to distribute the stuff anyway? -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16!