Views from an Red Hat -> Ubuntu -> Fedora migrator

[Digimer]

On 10/20/2012 12:57 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Stephen Gordon <stephen.a.gordon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:50 AM, John Moniz <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> | > How easy is it to get all of the pertinent multimedia codecs installed on
> | > Fedora (I'd be interested in an answer for Debian also)? The main reason I
> | > use Ubuntu and have installed it on several family and friends' PCs is the
> | > ease with which I got multimedia working. I've often given up on it after
> | > installing Fedora.
> 
> | In Fedora you still have to add an external repository (rpmfusion) to
> | install the relevant non-free codec package for your media player,
> | which I assume is the difficulty that you are referring to. I usually
> | direct people to fedorafaq.org or fedorasolved.org for instructions.
> 
> Yeah.  Fedora is right or perhaps righteous.  Those things are
> mostly not authorized for a distro to include.  So Ubuntu is
> stretching things, I think.  But it sure is convenient.
> 
> When I feel the need, I follow these instructions for Fedora:
> <http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f17.html>
> Pretty easy.  You learn just what is problematic too.
> 
> Without such a guide it would be a lot more work.

I suspect it's less to do with righteousness and more to do with
liability. Given that Fedora is the upstream source for RHEL, and given
the number of Red Hat employees who develop for Fedora, it would not be
much of a stretch for a copyright holder to go after Red Hat if Fedora
was seen to be stepping on copyrights.

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