On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Res wrote: >All you have to do is goto the xmms website and d/l their RPM which DOES >have MP3 included. > >I know its a pain, took me all of 70 milliseconds to d/l it, (took longer >to write to disk then d/l'ing :) But its simple if RH wont give it to >you, you go get it off those that will, I agree its a stupid decision but >see RH's points as valid,
How can it be stupid,ifyou also see it as valid? You're contradicting yourself. I don't see anything stupid about Red Hat obeying the law, and obeying the license agreements that MP3 software is under. I would go one step further to say it is a rather smart decision. >I also don't see any of the distros being hit with law suites, That is "lawsuit". And just because nobody has had a lawsuit dropped on them does not mean that it wont happen. Who wants to be the first? Who is most likely to be the first? Think about it. It is rather simple. >which I'm sure would have happened by now, How sure are you? Do you go around violating laws as often as you can simply because you haven't got caught yet? Not a very smart way to live your life, unless you are looking to be made an example of. Just because someone hasn't been sued for something doesn't mean that they will not be sued. I'm surprised by how many people think it is ok to break the law, or only follow the parts of it that suit your needs "until you get caught", and go further to say it's ok to do so if nobody else has been caught. You obviously do not understand the legal system. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
