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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 17:54:39 +0000 |
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On Friday 10 November 2006 17:46, Andrew Wigglesworth wrote:
> 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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oops, updated accuracy. It may be in Etch, it is in "main" in unstable.
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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, 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, 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