Hi Colin,
I don't know about what the Australian community thinks of this.
I would tread very carefully when installing codecs like 'Mint'
does, is a 'grey' legal area from my research.
One of the reasons that Ubuntu sells fluendo at their store.
What does everybody else think ?
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When:
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Where:
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What:
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:53:24 +1000
Scott Evans sc...@vk7hse.hobby-site.org wrote:
Not sure just how the Mint peoples really get around the patent
thing, unless they are purely waiting to be prosecuted and resolve
it from that! (I'd doubt it)
I guess at some point there is may be monetary
Linux mint are able to offer there distro with pattern infringing
codecs by hosting there site in europe (I believe) where those
patterns are not enforced. In Australia I believe those patterns are
enforced so using mint is possibly illegal as is installing the non
fluendo codecs in ubuntu.
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