Brian: I'm not a lawyer so I can't really comment on what Ubuntu is doing with any authority. There are probably some cases where users could legally install such IP protected code. Examples could include:
- people who live in countries that have different IP law (I'd bet countries that seriously disregard IP law aren't countries where IT companies want to do much business, though). - people who already own license to use IP in such a way. In this case, if people have already worked with a lawyer to ensure they have a license, then by comparison building and installing the code should be much less work. Therefore, I don't really see the value in making it so easy to build or install IP protected codecs. People who want such codecs should probably buy them from a company like Fluendo and therefore ensure that they are doing things legally and supporting the existing frameworks to make IP protected codecs available on free operating systems. Brian > It's interesting how Ubuntu does it. They point you to external sources, > that they don't vouch for the codecs. (They just make the install > painless. IE: Unrecognized filetype/streamtype. Do you want me to look > for one that work? If you say yes... and you are looking at a quicktime > file, it points you to a non apple codec, which I am pretty sure is not > kosher. It does give you a warning though.) > > Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > <mailto:opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org> > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
