On 18 January 2011 15:23, Lamar Owen <lo...@pari.edu> wrote: > On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 02:45:25 am Kam Leo wrote: >> If you need the mp3 plugin for gstreamer get it from here: >> http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/fluendo-mp3-decoder/ > > Let me second this. Fluendo has produced 'legal in the US' decoders for a > number of codecs, including MP3, that have been properly licensed with the > appropriate patent holder. The MP3 decoder is free; the codec bundle (which > I have) is not, but it's well worth the price. A DVD player is also one of > the items Fluendo has produced that has all the licenses necessary for legal > DVD playback in the US. > > Some folks might actually need to pass a license audit with their Fedora; > Fluendo's stuff will help you do that, whereas blindly installing the codecs > from the 'freeworld' packages, or the gstreamer codecs available in several > places, or the CSS decscrambling library available, will not pass a thorough > license audit.
"will not pass a thorough license audit," in areas where a license is required for those components. I do think it's good (and necessary) that Fluendo provides a solution for people who are affected by these things, but not everyone has to play those games. -- imalone -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
