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<H1>[Mageia-dev] About panotools patent problem (and other problematic rpms)</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Sat Feb 26 23:31:28 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 26.02.2011 22:20, andre999 wrote:
><i> Anssi Hannula a écrit :
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> On 26.02.2011 07:35, andre999 wrote:
</I>><i> ...
</I>>>><i> actually, any of those suggestions would be an improvement ;)
</I>>>><i> I did suggest "contrained".
</I>>>><i> Ubuntu uses "restricted" and/or "multiverse" (which include mostly
</I>>>><i> non-free packages), and there were a lot of other suggestions.
</I>>>><i> There was only ONE that seemed inappropriate.
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</I>>><i> Ubuntu's "multiverse" and "restricted" contain non-free packages only.
</I>>><i> Packages in "tainted" are all free packages.
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</I>><i> ok
</I>><i> just the Ubuntu web site repository descriptions indicate that
</I>><i> patent-threatened or legally restricted packages would go into these
</I>><i> repositories, along with the usual non-free.
</I>><i> I have no idea what they do in practice.
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They have fully enabled ffmpeg in main, and mplayer,x264,lame in
universe. So patent-constrained pkgs do not appear to be put in multiverse.
><i> do you mean that you consider that non-free packages should go into
</I>><i> non-free, even if threatened by legal or patent constraints ?
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Well, those don't really belong to either, so I'm unsure what would be
done with those. However, I'm not aware of any such packages so it is a
moot point :)
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Anssi Hannula
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