Lawyers, here! [Was: binary graphics drivers]

[Sasha Tsykin]

I would rather doubt there is a legal difference between using the gui 
and the command line. On the other hand, there is a huge usability 
difference. We can't use legal issues as an excuse for everything, 
because then people will just say that for whatever reason, and they 
won't care why, windows is better than Linux, and so they'll continue 
using the pirated cop they downloaded off the Internet. The only way for 
Linux to get market share is to make things easier, something which can 
not happen without being able to do everything from within the GUI 
without resorting to the command line.

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Sasha Tsykin">
> 
>> and that means making sure that the end user doesn't have to sue the
>> command line for ANYTHING
> 
> ... and those lawyers get their dirty little fingers on everything!
> 
> - Jeff
>