Restricted formats and legality

[Chanchao]

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 11:20 -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:

> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats says:
> 
> > Some of the packages listed here may be illegal
> > in your country. This page is not legal advice.
> 
> Given a package and a country, where does one start in finding out
> whether it's legal or not?...

Good question. I always assumed it was just a legal disclaimer/cop-out
in the full knowledge that everyone and his pet hamster would just smile
wryly and install the lot.

"Wink wink, nudge nudge, now get on with things"

I don't think anyone honestly expects the Spanish MP3 Inquisition to
come banging on the door.

Cheers,
Chanchao (go for it, pythonfans..)