On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 12:19 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com>:
> Because the software would still be in opposition to the goals of the
> Fedora Project. MP3 support isn't just on the ForbiddenItems list to
> annoy people. Like many others have stated, the project aims to produce
> a free and open source Linux distribution that is redistributable by
> all. Having a paid-up royalty for a proprietary technology just so we
> can include it in the distribution defeats the main goal.
See my suggestion about a pointer to a (hypothetical) lame-hosted yum
repository.
Ask your wife about "contributory infringement".
--
Peter