Restricted modules in Ubuntu

[Liam Proven]

2009/1/14 steve <sfreilly at roadrunner.com>:
> Scott wrote:
>> Liam Proven wrote:
>>> I am not American; I am not in America; I never plan to live in
>>> America. Nice place for a holiday, wouldn't want to live there. Yet as
>>> far as I know, I have to jump through hoops installing this stuff
>>> because they can't be included by /United States/ laws. These do not
>>> apply to me.
>> I 100% agree.  I'm Canadian and I have the freedom to download the
>> restricted extras as I wish.  It would be best to have a (k)ubuntu with
>> the restricted extras already installed and another version for the
>> Americans and the few people that don't want it installed.
>>
>> I hate it when people complain that (k)Ubuntu, "does not even have MP3
>> support.  What kind of OS is that?".  It is one of the more difficult
>> things to defend.  I try to explain the free formats, but that does not
>> seem to help.
>>
>
> i doubt ubuntu would ever want to pay the licensing fee to re distribute
> the mp3 codec from thompson.  and do you really want to start paying for
> ubuntu?

For what it's worth, Ubuntu is a product. Canonical is the company.

Said codecs are not paid-for code. They are included in Ubuntu's
repositories along with all the other free software. Canonical is
/already/ distributing them.

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