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Re: debian-multimedia.org gone?



On 2010-06-09 23:00 +0200, Brad Rogers wrote:

> None of the packages at D-M can be included in the regular Debian repos
> because of licensing issues that aren't compatible with the Debian
> DFSG.

Nonsense.  The packages at debian-multimedia are patent-encumbered or
otherwise legally problematic in many countries, and _that_ is the
reason why Debian does not (and cannot) distribute them.  These legal
problems are orthogonal to the DFSG.

Sven


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