Fedora/RH policies sometimes suck

[Alan Cox]

> > If you are a non-US citizen yes. Otherwise knowing merely makes you
> > liable for triple damages and other penalties...
> 
> How would knowing that the thing named java in fedora isn't really java 

There isn't a package in Fedora named "java", and for good reason.
Fingers crossed that as Sun finishes GPLing the needed code this will all
change for the better.

> make you liable for anything?  Or do you think that downloading the real 
> thing that Sun distributes freely puts you in enough jeopardy to justify 
> the bizarre contortions you have to do to make it work?  

I was referring to the openoffice discussion that started this - which is
patent related.

Alan