Re: mpeg4 and other proprietary formats

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: 
> Ubuntu has all these codecs in the multiverse repository, which are 
> provided on ubuntu servers.  So, if you were running Ubuntu, it would 
> not be an issues. 

Well, there's the technical problem of "if I don't care about breaking 
the law, how would I do it?".  That is the only part that Ubuntu makes 
easier.  AFAIK, Ubuntu has not paid for redistribution licenses for 
media codecs. 

 > libdvdcss is tricky, and the only package that 
 > Ubuntu does not retain on their servers.  However, they include a 
 > script which can be run in the default install of any Ubuntu to obtain 
 > the package. 

Why do you think they don't host libdvdcss?  Because there's a technical 
problem, like it would take up too much space on their servers?  No, 
it's because there's a /legal/ problem with redistributing it in most 
countries.  I think their redistribution of the other codecs is just as 
questionable (if it weren't, then Debian and Fedora wouldn't have a 
problem distributing them either). 

Matt 

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