Re: RPM Fusion (EL - free) Package Build Report 2008-09-23
On 25.09.2008 09:53, Xavier Bachelot wrote:
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Excellent points. I'll change that asap. Suggestions for new
>> language for summary/description welcome.
> Summary: Extra codecs for Xine multimedia library
>
> Description: Extra codecs for Xine multimedia library. These are free
> and open source but left out of the official Fedora repository due to
> potential patent issues. Once installed, applications using the xine
> library will automatically recognize and use these additional codecs.
>
I'm not sure mentioning the patent issue is mandatory or even a good
idea.
+1
--verbose:
- there is not much of a benefit for the user
- it could cause trouble for some of our contributors
- "patent issue" highly depends on point of location (and the laws there)
Thus it's IMHO better not to mention it.
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knurd