-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Don't forget that all you need to do is apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Then you don't need to worry about package selections or keeping things up to date. Unless bandwidth is a big deal where you're from. To me it just seams like the easiest option. On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 20:53:40 +0100 Christophe Sauthier <christophe.sauth...@gmail.com> wrote: > You might also be interested in medibuntu which is maintained by some > Ubuntu developpers. > > Christophe > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey Neil, > > > > It really does depend on what codecs and extras. > > > > For all of the totem plugins, you should be fine. Those plugins aren't > > illegal in any way, anywhere in the world. There is just a legal grey > > area about weather or not that Free Software, maybe, possibly, could be > > covered by patents which maybe, possibly be attractive to the owners to > > sue over. Even then it's a civil case matter, not a criminal one. > > > > For w32codecs and ms-corefonts, that's illegal. It's copyright > > infringement if you start dishing them out. > > > > For playing encrypted dvds, libdvdcss2, check to see if your country has > > enacted a law similar to the EUCD and DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright > > Act) and also check for clauses that allow for the breaking of > > encryption for compatibility. For instance in this case it's probably > > more ok to use libdvdcss in the USA than it is in the EU since the > > American got a weak compatibility clause that could offer protection. > > > > I think you can ship the flash player deb, but you'll also need to get > > the flash player binary that the deb downloads. Check the licensing > > agreement to see if you can redistribute. > > > > IANAL, this is just what I've picked up. > > > > Martin, > > > > On Wed, 2010-01-06 at 18:39 +0200, Neil Coetzer wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I would like to get some input on whether or not our LoCo should be > >> involved in the following sort of project: > >> > >> The most common query/complaint we receive from new Ubuntu users in > >> Zimbabwe concerns the lack of proprietary codecs, particularly in > >> light of the fact that a lot of people here have no Internet access at > >> all and are therefore unable to install them later in the usual > >> manner. > >> > >> To solve this problem, a script has been written with a graphical > >> front-end, to install these codecs offline (packaged with a cache of > >> the required packages). > >> > >> Our concerns are that since these codecs are not shipped with Ubuntu > >> for reasons of the legalities involved, would it be acceptable for us > >> to make the script and package cache available on our LoCo site or > >> not? We would like to have this available on our LoCo Web site (mostly > >> for team members to be able to download and then use later offline > >> where necessary), but if the general feeling on this is that it > >> wouldn't be "right", then I'll possibly place it on my company site > >> instead. > >> > >> Any feedback would be appreciated. > >> > >> -- > >> Regards, > >> > >> Neil Coetzer > >> Team Contact > >> Ubuntu Zimbabwe LoCo Team > >> ------------------------------------------- > >> http://www.ubuntu.org.zw > >> http://zimbabwe.ubuntuforums.org > >> http://www.ubuntu-zw.org > >> ------------------------------------------- > >> http://www.karigon.net > >> Thinking way outside the box > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > loco-contacts mailing list > > loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > > > - -- Michael Lustfield Kalliki Software Network and Systems Administrator -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktFGhwACgkQ3y7Nst6YLGU9YACff8khgJGD89KQLiJKX05Mz7f6 MlMAoJ7mCNp9jT2PIn28NInJ3qdG37Fa =h8QU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
