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I am truly surprised that Gentoo, and more GNU/Linux and *BSD sites did not |
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join in the 'blackout'. The only one I saw that did was opensuse.org . |
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These laws, as I understand them, and I am no lawyer, could be used against |
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open source kernels, operating system tools, and other open source applications |
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by companies that would benefit by eliminating competition or potential |
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competition. |
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The definition of infringement is so broad, and the blocking is required with |
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just a single complaint - it could really be used to wreak havoc on the |
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Internet, in general, and by the big players to eliminate the smaller |
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competition. Lame alone could shut down just about every distribution and |
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their mirrors since the mp3 encoder algorithms are patented and cross-patented |
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in so many ways that just the distribution of the source code could result in a |
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complaint and many blocks. |
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Chris |
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