On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:41 -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > How do you add propose that we add support for mp3 formats in Fedora > > without abandoning the rights for derivative distributions to make > > modifications and redistribute all the code included in Fedora? > > See my suggestion about a dedicated yum repository with a button in > Fedora that says "Push this to download MP3 support". Users of Fedora > and all derivatives could use such a mechanism. Thats quite possible but it doesnt require the project to support this. Just a easy method to add repositories. See David Zeuthen's mails. > > > Again > > its not merely proprietary but also shackled by patents. Are you happy > > with just adding support for mp3 or would WMA support follow up on that > > next? > > Since you mention it, yes. If we can support what users want to do, we should. Everytime we make a change,there are some users who complain about it. If we drive the project purely by hearing every user's opinion, we wouldnt be able to progress at all. I rather not have Fedora end up as a just another proprietary system. Rahul -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
