Legal Status of libdvdcss

[Rohan Dhruva]

Wow, ok, that clears it up. Thanks :) We talk about "them" and "they" but
who actually can sue the distros like ubuntu / fedora ? The RIAA ?

On 2/20/06, Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 06:39:23PM +0530, Rohan Dhruva wrote:
> > Even with these problems, i am very surpirzed as to how distributions
> like
> > elive and arch linux can distribute libdvdcss so openly. Mepis and
> slackware
> > too have mp3 support, but no libdvdcss. How come these "free" distro's
> can
> > provide mp3 playback, but not ubuntu / fedora / opensuse ?
>
> It's not worth suing a free distribution with not much money. It is
> worth suing a distribution backed by substantial amounts of money.
>
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