where do I find w32 codecs and java

[Alan Dacey]

On Sunday, August 22, 2010 08:13:51 pm Pablo Barrera wrote:
> The answer is easy
> 
> 2010/8/22 Alan Dacey <grokit at ajinfosearch.com>
> 
> > On Sunday, August 22, 2010 05:53:27 pm William Biggs wrote:
> > > I looking to install w32 codecs and java . I can not find them ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Due to legal reasons Ubuntu does not ship with them available
> > (why exclude them but include Mono is a mystery to me).
> >
> 
> because Mono is a GPL implementation of .NET and the codecs are "components"
> with restricted patents.
> Mono is an "implementation" of .NET framework and its free.
> 
> 
> regards
> P.

All true, but there are key parts that are not free.  They are only free to Novell customers.
Just wait, what is happening now with Java between Oracle and Google will happen with 
Microsoft and any distro that packages anything Mono-based.  It should be in the non-free
repository where it belongs.  I'm just glad that KDE doesn't use it as a default like Gnome.  
I'm not even very against Mono, I just choose not to use it.

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