Dapper installation notes/Stuff that needs fixing

[Dane Mutters]

On Wednesday 15 February 2006 01:16 am, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> On 2/15/06, Santiago Roza <santiago.roza at thymbra.com> wrote:
> > there are no easy solutions, because the legal issue is tricky (and
> > risky).  the ones i can think of are:
> > - including a post-install wizard that downloads and installs all that
> > stuff, if the user claims the same thing as before.
>
> This solution is as easy as it gets. And the message should rather be:
> "Due to the cripled legal system of USA and Japan which allows
> software patents, we have to ship Ubuntu that is crippled in its media
> playing capabilities. If you do not live in these countries or have in
> other way acquired rights to play media protected by software patents,
> you can download media plugins from our site."
> With a single button - "Uncripple media capabilities"

	LOL!  Great message.  Perhaps a little brash, but definitely amusing.

>
> The dialog should not take more then a couple of days to do. After
> that the legal responsibility is with the users and Ubuntu can not do
> anything and doesn't have to do anything.
>
> I suggest that this issue be considered release critical for Dapper.

	Who should we contact to make this so?

	--Dane