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<H1>[Mageia-dev] [RFC] Moving various packages/codecs to tainted</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Thu Jan 12 02:32:41 CET 2012</I>
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<PRE>On 11.01.2012 16:01, Pascal Terjan wrote:
><i> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:56, Anssi Hannula <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">anssi at mageia.org</A>> wrote:
</I>>><i> On 10.01.2012 15:07, Pascal Terjan wrote:
</I>>>><i> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 03:20, Anssi Hannula <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">anssi at mageia.org</A>> wrote:
</I>>>>><i> The problem is that that "balance" was achieved by sticking packages in
</I>>>>><i> PLF/main/contrib semi-randomly. For example, H.264 decoders and MPEG-4
</I>>>>><i> video encoders are in main/core, while e.g. AAC audio decoders are in
</I>>>>><i> PLF/tainted. If one'd put them into an order, IMO H.264 and MPEG-4 would
</I>>>>><i> be much more prominent and tainted candidates instead of AAC decoding...
</I>>>>><i> Also, in e.g. MPEG-4 case we have encoders both in core and in tainted,
</I>>>>><i> e.g. we have ffmpeg in core, but xvid in tainted.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> I agree we need rules, but "being covered with patents" does not make
</I>>>><i> sense, as the patent owner may agree with using it in free software.
</I>>>><i> I think something like "No actively enforced patent" in core would be good.
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</I>>><i> Possibly, but how do you define that, exactly?
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</I>>><i> Does a licensing program count as "enforcing" or do you mean something else?
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</I>><i> Yes, that's what I meant
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So it doesn't change anything regarding my original post, since all the
codecs I talked about have licensing programs.
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Anssi Hannula
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