Re: Fedora's way forward

[Michael Knepher <mknepher bluethingy com>]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:10 -0800, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:30 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > I was talking about fluendo, so this tool would help users to download 
> > legitimate plugins, I also suggested that maybe we could convince real 
> > to make real codecs available for such a semi automated install, so
> > there is no infringement here. Please read my post again, and next time 
> > read before shooting a default answer from the hip.
> 
> From what I gather, our Legal team did not see it as possible to even do
> this, if we had wanted to.  We don't WANT to encourage the use of these
> non-free codecs.
> 

While I don't think Fedora should be providing any *nudge, nudge, wink,
wink* "semi-automated" mechanisms for installing non-free codecs, what
are the possibilities/ramifications of including a mention of the
fluendo mp3 codec in either the release notes or the forbidden items
FAQ? I rip all my CDs in ogg, and even bought an iriver player to use
them, but taking the stance that by choosing Fedora I should lock up all
of the mp3s I bought from emusic.com seems a bit extreme.

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