libdvdcss in RPM Fusion ?

[Xavier Bachelot]

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