non-free should just work

[Soren Hauberg]

Would it be possible to create an add-on cd containing the non-free 
packages? I'm not a lawyer, but since these computer magazines can 
distribute stuff like that on cd's, why can't we?

sparkes wrote:
> Ross D wrote:
> 
>> I see the thing limiting Ubuntu the most is the difficulty with
>> getting non-free things working (java, flash, nvidida drivers, codecs
>> for realplayer, etc.) 
> 
> 
> there are legal implications of these non-free apps.  Most have are 
> redistributable licences and therefore it's not possible for ubuntu to 
> distribute them.
> 
> There will soon be extra documentation showing how easy it is to use 
> non-free software written so even the most inexperienced user can get 
> these tools working
> 
> sparkes
>