>>>> 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/ >> > > Not sure, but I think Shiv is referring to the NVIDIA or ATI > accelerated graphics drivers, that come under the "Restricted drivers".
*That* is a completely different mess that arises out of GPL licensing, binary blobs, "non-free" drivers and such which don't apply to OpenSolaris because of the CDDL terms. NVidia (and soon ATI) drivers are bundled with OpenSolaris even though they are binary blobs. What I was referring to here was mp3 patent royalties and codec distribution concerns which are mitigated by using Fluendo's codecs. P.S: But in case of linux there is still a problem even with Fluendo because applications linking to Gstreamer/Fluendo are GPL whereas Gstreamer is LGPL and Fluendo is MIT. This makes Fluendo "non-free" and hence it doesn't come bundled with distros even though it has no patenting concerns. Did I say its a mad mad mad world ? ;-) Cheers, Ananth
