On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Zhukov Pavel <gelios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > why we can't add feature like "one click rpmfusion/livna enable" with > > message like "caution! non free software" > > Because that would be contributory infringement. We have actual > knowledge that there is software there that is illegal to download in > the US. We do have codeina/codec-buddy, which offers the opportunity > to download a gratis MP3 plugin and purchase option for various other > encumbered codecs. Fedora, it's main sponsor being a US company, is > compelled to abide by US law (no matter that we may not agree with > them). > > There's been quite the debate whether this is the Right Thing(TM) to > do. Let's take a step back here, and look at this not from the > perspective of philosophy and our ideals (while those *are* > important), but rather from the perspective of the user. I click on > some piece of media on my NTFS partition that works just fine under > Windows, and all of a sudden in Linux, it doesn't work anymore! No > explanation of why not, simply that "you don't have <x>". Well why > not? How do I get what is required? That is where codeina comes in > and does an excellent job. It tells you that you are using a non-free > format, why that is bad, and what recourse you have if the media is > available in no other formats (buy the Fluendo stuff). > > While I am kinda on the fence about using Fedora as an advertising > platform, is it the right thing to do from a *user experience* > perspective? Absolutely. And isn't that what we're all about? > Without users, we wouldn't be where we are today. > > -- > > > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > i'm talking not about codecs only. i'm talking about nvidia/ati drivers and other stuff that CAN be downloaded free in any country but not uses GPL. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
