Re: libdvdcss in RPM Fusion ?

On 23/07/2016 08:27, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > On 07/08/2016 12:59 PM, Xavier Bachelot wrote: > >> The reasoning is VideoLAN is a French organization and libdvdcss is >> legal in France. >> Seehttp://www.videolan.org/legal.html >> >> Starting from that point, the first question to answer to be able to >> distribute libdvdcss in RPM Fusion is which laws do apply to RPM Fusion. >> As all (?) of the servers are hosted in France, I believe the French law >> applies and thus it should be safe. But indeed, that is just what I >> understand from RPM Fusion infrastructure and I might be wrong. >> >> Second question is, do the people that run the RPM Fusion infra and thus >> might be considered liable for the distributed content accept the >> potential legal risk, which is pretty low if French laws apply, but is >> still non-null. Also, just like I'm unsure where the servers are >> located, I'm unsure of the Infra head count and names. >> >> I'll reach out to VideoLAN as soon as we have answers to the above >> questions. >> Also, once the above are answered, we can then talk about how the RPM >> Fusion contributors feel about libdvdcss, but my (biased) feeling is >> most of current contributors are ok . However, there have been some >> people that were advert to having libdvdcss in RPM Fusion in the past. I >> don't know who they are, what were their exact reasoning, if they are >> still active or not and if they've changed their mind. That's why I was >> calling especially for opinions against distributing libdvdcss. >> > > Nicolas, can you share your thoughts on this? > Now that the summer vacations are coming to an end, hopefully more people are around and can raise their voice. Infra people, packages maintainers, mirror admins, end-users, don't be shy, let us know what you think about including libdvdcss in RPM Fusion. Regards, Xavier