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| From: | Michael Kaye |
| Subject: | Re: [gNewSense-users] Re: gNewSense-users Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25 |
| Date: | Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:37:28 +0000 |
On 10/11/06, Dylan Knight Rogers <address@hidden> wrote:
"Whatever other issues there are mplayer is not in Ubuntu Dapper, so going on previous replies it will not be officially supported by gNewSense at the moment." I don't quite understand: Mplayer is included in many other Free distros.
It's not included in Debian and Ubuntu because it supports formats that are covered by patents (such as MP3). This is both for ethical reasons (patents are a bad thing), and to protect them from the risk of prosecution and demand of royalties. Michael. -- Cutting Free (http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com) - Free Software at the cutting edge
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