Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le samedi 11 d=E9cembre 2004 =E0 21:47 +0000, Matthew Garrett a =E9crit : >> We put it in contrib >> so that people know that by using this software, they will also have to >> use non-free code. This is less obvious for drivers that use firmware in >> flash, but it's still true. > > Where do you put xine, then? It works fine with only free code, but can > open more formats when dlopen()ing optional non-free libraries. Should > it go outside of main because it is "tainted"? I don't believe so; the > user himself chooses to taint his system by installing these libraries. > The problem is exactly the same for non-free blobs: the user will know > he is installing some non-free stuff, either by downloading it from our > non-free archive, either by installing it by himself.
xine should certainly remain within main - it's useful without any non-free software. But then compare to, say, kernel-patch-2.6-bluez - all the devices that this code will work with have non-free firmware, though only one of them requires it to be loaded from userspace. Main or contrib? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
