Codec buddy and Free software

[Rahul Sundaram]

Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 20:19 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> I would like to get comments on whether folks here are favorable to 
>> pointing to a third party repository from codec buddy (with appropriate 
>> warnings and disclaimers). If this is considered something we wanted to 
>> do we will consult with Red Hat legal to verify that is a legally safe 
>> choice for us. Comments?
> 
> I would want to see something in writing from Mark Webbink saying it's
> legally OK for Fedora to do before we even begin discussing it.  We are
> not lawyers and this exercise is pointless if legal says no.  

Well some board members think it is pointless to ask legal before 
deciding we want to do this even if it is a legally good solution. 
Catch-22?

Rahul