&gt; The flip side is that if you believe that laws like those around software patents should change, someone ignoring them and taking the risk of being sued is a more compelling demonstration than carefully observing the rules and then complaining about them on HN.<p>As EU citizen I have zero influence on US politics. Complaining on HN to US citizens is literally all I can do.<p>&gt; More pragmatically, it seems unlikely that Oracle or Adobe will sue a distro for helping them distribute the Java&#x2F;Flash runtimes.<p>Then maybe those companies should change their license terms. Right now, Adobe does not even allow you to use a downloaded Flash installer on two computers, you must either download it separately on each PC or apply for a special license: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adobe.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;players&#x2F;flash-player-distribution.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.adobe.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;players&#x2F;flash-player-distribut...</a><p>If they want to shoot themselves in their feet, I&#x27;m not going to interfere.