RE: early review of RH 9 (Shrike)
"William Hooper" <[email protected]>
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> If it only costs a one-time payment of $50-60K to license > mp3 decoding, why isn't Redhat doing it? If it's strictly > to appease the GPL then couldn't they ship some type of "add-on" > pack that included this feature (and maybe the DVD encoding > as well.) This would be similar to the MS markets the Plus > Pack and would still allow Redhat to say the OS is shipped > GPL compliant. > > Todd Why support software patents when OGG is Free (as in speech and beer)? Your suggestion goes against the *spirit* of Open Source. Upholding the *spirit* of Open Source is something that Red Hat seems to do well. -- William Hooper -- Phoebe-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list