Hidetsugu Hiraki wrote: > Dear Madam or Sir, > > I live in Japan. So I must comply with the nation's law. > When I install software for Linux, is there any easy way to know > whether the the installation and use of the software is legal or not? Worst case you can always use TurboLinux, been around since 1992 and headquartered in Japan. http://www.turbolinux.com/ In general I don't think you have anything to worry about. nate