[Mageia-dev] Gstreamer pfl codecs/plugins

Thu Mar 24 14:45:20 CET 2011

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 14:39, Frank Griffin <ftg at roadrunner.com> wrote:
+> On 03/24/2011 05:14 AM, Tux99 wrote:
+>>
+>> Can you (or anyone) tell us when the build system will be ready to deal
+>> with source packages that generate both core and tainted binary packages?
+>>
+>> Is it something that's still far off (months) or will this be possible
+>> soon?
+>
+> On a related issue, the wiki still states that we're not quite sure what
+> will be in "tainted".  Is this supposed to be a complete replacement for PLF
+> Mandriva, or will there be a need for a PLF Mageia as well ?
+
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=licensing_policy#acceptable_licenses
+
+"The tainted section accepts software under a license that is might be
+free or open source and which cannot be redistributed publicly in
+certain areas in the world, or due to patents issues."
+
+and
+
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mirrors_policy#tainted
+
+"stuff we think we can redistribute, but that may have some patent
+issues or other restrictions in other countries"
+
+look like consistent with each other, althought the "what belongs / is
+allowed here must still be discussed" indeed looks like it's not
+frozen yet.
+
+Romain
+