How does this work, exactly? [LWN.net]

How does this work, exactly?

Posted Jun 2, 2025 21:39 UTC (Mon) by mcatanzaro (subscriber, #93033)
In reply to: How does this work, exactly? by intelfx
Parent article: OpenH264 induces headaches for Fedora

> Where, exactly, is the line that must not be crossed to remain free of software patent responsibilities?

Don't make it work. If users are happy, you have crossed the line.

I'm not even sure whether pointing is allowed. Notably the official documentation https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKit_Items_Not_Found... takes great pains to not tell you where to find what you are looking for.

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How does this work, exactly?

Posted Jun 4, 2025 10:23 UTC (Wed) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link] (1 responses)

Is the 404 for "Third party repositories" intended? Probably not but it does count as not telling you where to find what you are looking for.

How does this work, exactly?

Posted Jun 4, 2025 13:40 UTC (Wed) by mcatanzaro (subscriber, #93033) [Link]

Surely not intended. :)

Punt to Flathub?

Posted Jun 9, 2025 23:20 UTC (Mon) by DemiMarie (subscriber, #164188) [Link]

Has punting and pointing users to Flathub been considered? In this scenario, Fedora would not ship apps requiring codecs. When the user searched for them in GNOME Software or similar, they would find the Flathub versions, which would work fine.