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Re: [gNewSense-users] VLC is non free?
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Benjamin Webb |
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Re: [gNewSense-users] VLC is non free? |
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Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:37:37 +0100 |
2008/8/4 Ivan Ivanov <address@hidden>:
> Hi!
>
> I needed to download vlc today, and I have seen, that vlc is in the
> multiverse repository of Ubuntu. But VLC is under GPL2 or layter, so
> the software itself has no licenses problems.
>
> Probably is that some kind of software patent issue? If so, than I have
> no problem with it, because software patents aren't valid in Europe.
>
> Can someone explain me, am I right?
>
> Thanks!
>
Yes, it's patent issues. I've had the same problem as you, so I
created my own repo with the free stuff from multiverse. It's called
multistanza - http://freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Multistanza . I would be
interested as to what people on the gnewsense team think of this idea.
Once again I forget to hit reply to all.... gmail is so freedomhating :(
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