Fluendo MP3 GStreamer Plugin in Main for Dapper?

[Stephan Hermann]

Moins,

On Friday 30 December 2005 06:07, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Stephan Hermann">
>
> > So, actually we could ship this plugin in multiverse, but it is the same
> > problem as when we stay with the mad plugin for gstreamer.
>
> No, a much better situation - read GPL section 7 and then think about the
> libmad problem again. :-)

Well, yes...

> > Regarding shipping this plugin in our main repositories (main or
> > restricted) would make Ubuntu _the_ free distribution which rocks and
> > dances most.
>
> We can't ship it in main.

This is what I meant "Hey those crazy people there from this Zulu Hut, they 
have MP3 enabled by default...incredible..from now on I'll run naked on the 
streets and sing 'Dum Dum Dee Dum - Ubuntu - Dee Dum Dum - Ubuntu" all day 
long" ;) 

> > And, what if we build the binary from the source, which is MIT license,
> > is the license of the resulting binary (after signing the contract with
> > Fluendo) as well MIT licensed, or is it again not MIT?
>
> The MIT license covers the source code.

So we have free-as-in-beer, but not as in free speech.

Better then nothing....who is packaging?

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