Question on legalities

Neil Coetzer neil at ubuntu.org.zw
Wed Jan 6 16:39:57 GMT 2010


Hi all,

I would like to get some input on whether or not our LoCo should be
involved in the following sort of project:

The most common query/complaint we receive from new Ubuntu users in
Zimbabwe concerns the lack of proprietary codecs, particularly in
light of the fact that a lot of people here have no Internet access at
all and are therefore unable to install them later in the usual
manner.

To solve this problem, a script has been written with a graphical
front-end, to install these codecs offline (packaged with a cache of
the required packages).

Our concerns are that since these codecs are not shipped with Ubuntu
for reasons of the legalities involved, would it be acceptable for us
to make the script and package cache available on our LoCo site or
not? We would like to have this available on our LoCo Web site (mostly
for team members to be able to download and then use later offline
where necessary), but if the general feeling on this is that it
wouldn't be "right", then I'll possibly place it on my company site
instead.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

-- 
Regards,

Neil Coetzer
Team Contact
Ubuntu Zimbabwe LoCo Team
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