> I also use it and it comes with the original, there's
a slackbuild from Patrick V.. So others like source
based distros also have it. Nobody has sued
them.
One more thing. Source base distributions don't have
the same legal
liabilities as binary distributions for various licensing
conflicts
because they pass on compilation to the end users and
besides none of
them are funded by large commercial organizations and hence
the risk is
not the same. The last point applies to
slackware as well.
--
They distribute binaries as well or are included when one installs them. One does not
need to compile them like we do on Fedora if we so desire.
My argument was based on the fact that you stated
<quote>
It is the same position held by all other major distributions as well.
</quote>
and Slackware is a major distribution and it does not share the same position.
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
Regards,
Antonio