[Fedora-legal-list] Re: tivodecode package

[Bernard Johnson]

Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 2009-01-26 at 12:36:52 -0500, Bernard Johnson
> <bjohnson80498 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I need a ruling on whether tivodecode can be accepted into Fedora.  It's
>> currently submitted to rpmfusion, but Kevin Koffler thought it might be
>> able to be accepted into Fedora proper.
>>
>> There were three things under consideration:
>> * Freeness of QUALCOMM software license - appears to be free software
>> * QUALCOMM encryption patents (free?)
>> * MPEG program stream decoding (not decompression)
> 
> Well, there really is a fourth: this is possibly a DMCA violation. Upon
> consultation with counsel, we decided that we're much happier with this
> living in RPMFusion as a result.
>

Thanks for the quick response.