[Ilugc] How far we are going to Compromise ?

[Rahul]

Antano Solar John wrote:
> i love linux opensouce blah blah ........ but i still find it convinient 
> to boot windows when i have to listen to music .............i cant 
> convert to ogg my creative zen doesnt play that .......... and even 
> after installing plugin for mp3 the features arn't on par with windows 
> .....so i think we should stop the idea of trying to be pure 
> ............... and i dont undertstand whats the problem with patent 
> then why is winamp ,wm9 not getting sued ?
> 

Proprietary software can get exclusive licenses. Free software licenses 
such as GPL require compatible patent grants.

Rahul