On Saturday 26 August 2006 21:59, John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 26 August 2006 10:17, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Saturday 26 August 2006 14:08, Bryan S. Tyson wrote:
On Friday 25 August 2006 17:18, Philipp Thomas wrote:
The packages aren't broken, they're simply compiled without support for mp3.
Most people would consider this broken. You told him to how to fix the broken packages by recompiling.
And if they had to do it that way for legal reasons, why would you consider it broken?
Because other distros DON'T do it that way perhaps?
So other distros violate patents. Is that a reason to do so yourself? Especially if you're a company with case (therefore worthwhile to sue) it is important to consider these things. You will note that the only two companies who actually make money from linux have removed (unlicensed) mp3 playing ability There is a legal, licensed way to play mp3s though, it's called RealPlayer