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

[Clive DaSilva]

Actually the Rpmfusion repositories provide Fedora users with all the
multimedia codecs

Clive

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Sent: October-20-12 3:35 PM
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Cc: D. Hugh Redelmeier
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Views from an Red Hat -> Ubuntu -> Fedora migrator

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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