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Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25
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Andrew Wigglesworth |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25 |
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:46:04 +0000 |
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On Friday 10 November 2006 17:37, Michael Kaye wrote:
> On 10/11/06, Dylan Knight Rogers <address@hidden> wrote:
> > "Whatever other issues there are mplayer is not in Ubuntu Dapper, so
> > going on previous replies it will not be officially supported by
> > gNewSense at the moment."
> >
> > I don't quite understand: Mplayer is included in many other Free
> > distros.
>
> It's not included in Debian and Ubuntu because it supports formats
> that are covered by patents (such as MP3).
>
> This is both for ethical reasons (patents are a bad thing), and to
> protect them from the risk of prosecution and demand of royalties.
>
> Michael.
> --
> Cutting Free (http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com) - Free Software at the
> cutting edge
Ahem, for the sake of accuracy:
mplayer will be included in Debian Etch, see this faq for details:
http://people.debian.org/~mjr/legal/mplayer.html
Also, the whole world is not covered by US patent law.
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- [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Dylan Knight Rogers, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Michael Kaye, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25,
Andrew Wigglesworth <=
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Andrew Wigglesworth, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Michael Kaye, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Dave Crossland, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Andrew Wigglesworth, 2006/11/10
- Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25, Paul O'Malley, 2006/11/10