Re: OpenGL = IP mindfield, Intel is problem #1, vendors need to adhere to LSB -- WAS: Kernel source

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On Tuesday 25 April 2006 09:28am, Tamal Kanti Nath wrote:
> Freespire supports MP3, Windows Media, QuickTime, Java, Flash, Real, nVid=
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> drivers, Adobe Acrobat Reader. That is something like what SuSE 10.0
> offers. So, what is special in Freespire ?

Actually, Adobe Reader (they've dropped the work "Acrobat" from it) is free=
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redistributable.  it's license, however, is *_not_* open source compatible=
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[ http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php ].  When you install SUSE=20
LINUX 10.0 (or 9.3 or 9.2 or any older versions that include Adobe Reader)=
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you have to agree to the Adobe EULA either before the installation begins a=
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when each user runs Adobe Reader for the first time, or just when each user=
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launches it.

This is perfectly legal and Red Hat could *legally* include Adobe Reader in=
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similar fashion.  However, I don't think they should.  Despite the fact tha=
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it would be "legal" to redistribute the binary, it's still not open source.=
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*Everything* in Fedora and RHEL is open source.

Yes, I know; Red Hat's RHN Proxy Server and RHN Satellite Server products a=
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not open source.  They are the only two exceptions and I have no problem wi=
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them being that way.
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Lamont R. Peterson <[email protected]>
Senior Instructor
Guru Labs, L.C. [ http://www.GuruLabs.com/ ]
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