Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6

2010-04-08 Thread AndrewG
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 ?

Brisbane Lucid Release Party 8th May 2pm

2010-04-08 Thread AndrewG
Brisbane Lucid Lynx Release Party When: Saturday 8th of May 2010 2pm Where: Breakfast Creek Hotel, 2 Kingsford Smith Drive, Albion Meet us in the 'Front Plaza' downstairs overlooking the Creek. What: Come and celebrate another Ubuntu Release, they roll around so quickly. A beer on a lazy

Re: ubuntu-au Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6

2010-04-08 Thread karmic
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

Legality of Linux Mint codecs (was linux mint)

2010-04-08 Thread Barry Williams
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. For