Sharing files between Ubuntu 6.06 and Windows XP Pro - best disk format to use

[Derek Broughton]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:

>> True, but I also expect that any package accepted into Ubuntu be
>> _essentially_ free (I know that multiverse specifically accepts packages
>> that are not free enough for Debian, but afaik they still have to permit
>> unrestricted usage by the user on a single system).  Perhaps I expect too
>> much from Ubuntu...
> 
> What do you mean by " _essentially_ free" ? do you pay for any package
> in Universe or Multiverse?

No, I mean essentially free of legal encumbrance.  Multiverse contains
packages that may not have a GPL or equivalent license, but they must allow
distribution - or Ubuntu wouldn't be carrying them (and if _only_ Ubuntu
has them, they're probably in ubuntu-commercial) - and I have always
assumed I have a right to use them, or why would anyone want them in the
repository anyway (besides which, they probably wouldn't be legally
distributable, either)?  That last may, however, be an unreasonable
assumption on my part.

> As to me, I don't care if there are non GPL free software in those
> repositories. People are not obliged to use them, and people who think
> there useful can easily get them. So why the heck should they be removed
> from those repositories ?

Who on earth suggested that should be done????  Erik pointed out that there
may be a clause in the EULA that would make it potentially illegal to use
vmware-player for some users.  Since such a clause wouldn't affect me, I
didn't even plan to check the EULA, but I accepted that because the package
is in Multiverse it was possible that such a clause exists.
-- 
derek