Royalty free gstreamer plug-in

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Jeff Spaleta wrote:

> Need and want... are two very different words.  I really don't know
> how important it is that the full tree be rebuildable without
> additional constraint placed on the downstream rebuilder. I think
> trademark policy as it stands makes that a very poorly defined goal. 
> So what if a rebuilder has to exclude this mp3 codec plugin when
> rebuilding. He has to to exclude the fedora-logos package as well. 
> Excluding this one package as a rebuilder is nothing compared to the
> pain of replacing the trademarked logos inside packages.

But you can do it (CentOS does)
That's the whole point. To be allowed to take Fedora Core and do 
something else with it, if you disagree with Red Hat policies.

This proposal OTOH is pretty much your take it or leave it traditional 
closed software offer.

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot