post-install media formats wizard

[Santiago Roza]

On 2/21/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:15 +0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> > This solution is as easy as it gets. And the message should rather be:
> > "Due to the cripled legal system of USA and Japan which allows
> > software patents, we have to ship Ubuntu that is crippled in its media
> > playing capabilities. If you do not live in these countries or have in
> > other way acquired rights to play media protected by software patents,
> > you can download media plugins from our site."
> > With a single button - "Uncripple media capabilities"
>
> I realize it's fashionable to bash the US, but would this really help
> users?  After all they will still consider it "crippled" if it does not
> include the Win32 codecs - which would be illegal to ship under ANY
> legal system.


what about this wording?
(feel free to correct the grammar and stuff like that)


We can proudly say that Free Software offers excellent support for the
most popular multimedia formats (like MP3, MPEG-4 "DivX", or even
encrypted DVDs).

But unluckily, certain restrictions (such as software patents) make it
illegal to distribute Ubuntu with such support, in certain countries
like the United States of America.

If you live in a country with such restrictions, please click
"Cancel".  You'll be able to play some restricted formats by
installing non-Free Software (like RealPlayer), or keep enjoying
content in Free formats (like Ogg Vorbis audio or Theora video).

If you live in a country without those restrictions, feel free to
install the necessary packages to unlock restricted formats, by
clicking on "OK".


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Santiago Roza
Departamento I+D - Thymbra
santiago.roza at thymbra.com