On 2/27/08, Ananth Shrinivas <Ananth.Shrinivas at sun.com> wrote: > > >> If Russia is exempt to US patents, I would very much like BeleniX to > >> become Dazbog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazbog) ;-) > >> > >> > > > > I wonder if the law is based on where it is hosted or who is putting > > it up there. If a developer based in country_1 uses hosting services > > from country_2. Which law of the land would be applicable? Preferable > > to be safe than sorry. Need to check how ubuntu implements the > > restricted drivers in their repository without violating legal terms. > > > > > AFAIK, they use Fluendo's codecs (for gstreamer atleast) which are > perfectly legal. > > http://www.fluendo.com/ > Aren't fluendo paid for codecs?
I though ubuntu just gave you a popup and installed the codec free of charge. Anil
