[TriLUG] RH8 and Evolution Problem

[Kevin Sonney]

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:00:58PM -0400, Tanner Lovelace spoke thusly:
> I must respectfully disagree with your above statement that
> something has changed just for 8.0.  The slashdot story,

Admittedly, it didnt' change "just for 8.0" - it changed in time for
8.0. The patent didn't apply until 8.0, and wasn't enforcable until
8.0.

> notwithstanding, Thompson Multimedia (or whatever the patent
> owner's name is) has stated that *nothing whatsoever* has
> changed in their patent stance.  Redhat's position just

Sure it did. They opened the door to charge .75/decoder shipped. They
state in the press release that free projects won't be pursued, but
nowhere does it say that in the actual license. I checked, just to be
sure. 

> seems like a lot of fear mongering.  But, you know what,

Fear mongering, or actually practicing what they preach about fair and
open markets, fair and open standards, fair use, and open source?

> I'm actually slightly glad they did it because hopefully it
> will drive people to try something else besides Redhat. :-)

Which is cool. Hell, Linux is all about choice, and while I work for
Red Hat, and prefer their product, I have no problem with anyone else
making their own decisions. 

Buy and use Mandrake. 
Use Debian, but I expect their mp3 stance to change, too. 
There's always SuSE, and the UnitedLinux distros. 
Don't forget Gentoo, or Linux-From-Scrath, or Sorcerer GNU/Linux
I hear *BSD is nice, too.

Knock yourself out. Choose what's best for you. Thats' what it's all
about, right?

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