Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: > > >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >>> on a fresh (and barely configured) f12 system, i tried to view >>> my first online .wmv file and was redirected here: >>> >>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageKit_Items_Not_Found#Missing_Codec >>> >>> which is moderately informative in terms of telling me what the >>> problem is, but utterly useless in terms of telling me how to fix >>> it. >>> >>> yes, i realize the issues surrounding codecs, but would it be >>> unduly difficult to add to that section some advice on where to >>> *find* such codecs? you know, point readers at rpmfusion or some >>> such? is that not a legally acceptable thing to do? because >>> that's *exactly* the sort of thing that will drive newcomers to >>> fedora totally nuts. >>> >>> >> AFAIK, it is not legally acceptable to explicitly tell someone how >> to break the law. >> >> I hope nobody starts to argue about how silly they think these laws >> are..... >> > > um ... ok. in that case, why is fedoraproject.org explicitly > pointing people at rpmfusion.org here? > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OtherRepositories > > But, they are not explicitly solving a given problem for you. Subtle difference.
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