On 4/28/07, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rex Dieter wrote: > Paul Osunero wrote: >> You know, I've been wondering why Red Hat hasn't tried to pay royalty >> for media codecs. I'm pretty sure they have enough money for it... > > They could, for rhel, but that goes against Fedora's principles/objectives. > >> Or mabye there are legal issues with including patented technology with >> Linux/GNU software? > > One more: redistributability. One of Fedora's objectives is to be fully > redistributable (ie, so folks can spin their own Fedora-based distros). > Paid-for codecs are (generally) distributable only by the party that > bought/paid-for them. > Why doesn't anyone ever mention realplayer (http://www.real.com/linux) as a solution for people who want a legal player for their own use and aren't interested in source code or being a software distributer? It isn't quite itunes, but at least they are trying to make something usable for linux.
I believe a lot of people hate RealPlayer in a cross-platform manner. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
