[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout : Why validate software patents ?

Wed Dec 8 17:35:53 CET 2010

On 12/8/2010 5:47 AM, Anssi Hannula wrote:
+> Wolfgang Bornath kirjoitti:
+>> 2010/12/8 andre999<andr55 at laposte.net>:
+>>> Ok, I think, how many other distros have such repositories. Â According
+>>> to
+>>> comments on the list : none.
+>>
+>> Oh, really? Some (like Mandriva) do not have such a repository because
+>> they do not distribute such software at all,
+>
+> In theory only. In practice, Mandriva ships many kind of patented MPEG-4
+> encoders/decoders, MP3 decoders, VC-1 decoders, etc. Some discussion about
+> this should probably be raised there as well.. If I simply had the time :/
+>
+>> PLF does that for
+>> Mandriva. What about Ubuntu?
+>
+> They ship such stuff (like ffmpeg with all decoders/encoders) in their
+> main repository, like Debian does. Also, their "universe" repository
+> (similar to Mandriva's "contrib") does not contain such limitations
+> either, containing stuff like x264 and mp3lame.
+>
+>> What about Fedora?
+>
+> Fedora does not have such software.
+>
+
+
+I personally would follow the fedora model.
+