Re: Why XINE is not included with Nahant (RH 4.0)

["Stephen J. Smoogen" <smooge gmail com>]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:04:00 -0800, Saqib N Ali seagate com
<Saqib N Ali seagate com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Why is XINE not included with the Nahant (RH 4.0) ? Is it due to
> compatibility issues, or licensing? RH 4.0 comes with players of all kind,
> but no player for DVD. Which seems odd.
> 

DVD access are covered by United States DCMA and possibly other laws.
Red Hat could not put this on without opening itself to being closed
down.

> Thanks.
> Saqib Ali
> http://validate.sf.net
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