Enabling and installing of "risky" ("patented") codecs - made easy

[Loïc Minier]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> I believed it was save to host the source code and a 'compilation
> instruction' i.e. Debian packaging and let the user do the 'dirty job'
> i.e. compiling and packaging. Don't forget we are already hosting
> libdvdcss2 and x264 this way.

 I'm not sure the libdvdcss2/x264 hosting has been thought out
 completely; TTBOMK, the alioth admin didn't ever look into this.

> I seems to me you think like 'if we do it, we do it consequently' ;)

 Well, there are degradated solutions already in use; but anything
 improving the current situation is nice to get.

> BTW: Do you think this discussion should be moved to -devel or -legal?

 Please not -legal!   :)

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Loïc Minier