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This is the wrong approach...

This is the wrong approach...

Posted Nov 4, 2007 20:18 UTC (Sun) by skvidal (subscriber, #3094)
In reply to: This is the wrong approach... by pinky0x51
Parent article: Codec Buddy in Fedora 8

>Also there was at least an option to point to third party repositories with >free codecs: "It
appears as a result of this decision we might be able to >point to a third party repository as
a alternative to the Fluendo codecs.".
>But it seems like nobody really looked at this way.


We have been looking. Specifically, we've been getting legal to look to figure out if this is
possible. Rahul might be right but he's not a lawyer and we're not going to bet a
contributory-infringement suit on someone who is not legal counsel.

-sv




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This is the wrong approach...

Posted Nov 4, 2007 22:36 UTC (Sun) by pinky0x51 (guest, #40742) [Link]

>We have been looking. Specifically, we've been getting legal to look to figure out if this is possible.

And what was the result? I couldn't find anything about it at the mailing lists.

This is the wrong approach...

Posted Nov 5, 2007 2:14 UTC (Mon) by skvidal (subscriber, #3094) [Link]

Still waiting is the result, unfortunately.

-sv

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