[ubuntu-za] Maverick too much promoting non-free? (was: DRM and software licensing )

[Quintin van Rooyen]

On 6 October 2010 13:19, David Rubin <drubin at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Helge Reikeras
> <helge.reikeras at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Quintin
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, exactly why do think the tick box is more of a
> > problem than the software center?
> >
> > I think we might have to swallow our pride in this case, and regard it as
> a
> > means to an end; improving the user experience and growing the market
> share
> > for Linux. I think Ubuntu is aiming for somewhere in between Debian and
> > Mint. The difficulty of consuming media in formats requring "non-free"
> > codecs is likely the most common user complaint with Ubuntu.
>
> As tumbleweed has previously said on this list. These "non-free"
> formats do not effect us in RSA so we shouldn't worry to much about

them.
>

IIRC, and I could be wrong, but the MP3 license precludes distribution by a
vendor, but allows free downloading thereof.

SO Ubuntu cannot distribute it WITH the OS, but can allow downloading it.


>
> > Regards,
> > Helge
> >
> > On 06/10/2010 11:51, Quintin van Rooyen wrote:
> >
> > When you install Maverick, there is a tick box in the installer itself
> > asking if you want to install the codecs.
> >
> > See a screenshot here
> > :
> http://g33q.co.za/2010/09/19/impressions-ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat-beta-with-screenshots/
> > (shameless blog punt.)
> >
> > That is good enough IMO.
> >
> > Regards
> >
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