Anssi Hannula kirjoitti torstai, 14. lokakuuta 2010 11:07:04: > Michael Scherer kirjoitti: > > Le mercredi 13 octobre 2010 à 20:06 +0200, Olivier Méjean a écrit : > >> Le mercredi 13 octobre 2010 19:31:44, Michael Scherer a écrit : > >> > Le mardi 12 octobre 2010 à 17:53 +0200, Olivier Méjean a écrit : > >> > > > == And DVDCSS, etc? > >> > > > >> > > What's in etc ? > >> > > However, here in France we have a law "Dadvsi" on which the Conseil > >> > > Constitutionnel (something like American Suprem Court) has statuted > >> > >> that > >> > >> > > the law could not prevent exception of decompilation and the > >> > >> exception > >> > >> > > of circumvention of DRM if this is for interoperability. In other > >> > >> words > >> > >> > > the use of libdvdcss is allowed for interoperability. > >> > > So for me, Mageia can come with libdvdcss and other tools for > >> > > interoperability > >> > > >> > And for the people hosting mirrors outside of France ? > >> > >> It's their own responsability, no one force them, and some in the world > >> take > >> the responsability to host mirrors with questionnable software. Let's > >> give > >> them the liberty to choose as we have the opportunity here in France to > >> ship > >> such software. No one forces several company, university, or other > >> groups to > >> mirror ArchLinux, PCLinuxOS, LinuxMint, PLF > > > > So I assume that you volunteer to find another Tier 1 mirror to replace > > ibiblio.org ? > > Well, ibiblio.org contains other distros that contain patented software > (like arch and debian), and dvdcss (arch), and more than likely many > others: > ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/
Oops, didn't notice the above posts were about DRM only, not patents... anyway, ibiblio contains such distros as well. -- Anssi Hannula
