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Summary

Ship some important tainted and non-free software (with optional, opt-in install of them) like VLC, unrar, x264, and MP3 support.

Owner

  • Name: Mustafa Muhammad
  • Email: <mustafaa.alhamdaani@gmail.com>

Resources

List here people who will be implied in this feature (packagers, QA, doc, ...)


Current status

  • Targeted release: Mageia 4
  • Last updated: 2013/07/2
  • Percentage of completion: 0%

Detailed Description

Lots of important software most of us use (like VLC) are tainted, I think we should include them on the install media (like we do with non-free drivers), everybody who has a camcoder or shot videos using his mobile phone uses them. I know there are legal aspects, but being opt-in makes only users that are allowed to use them opt-in.

Why it would be good for Mageia to include it

Most people use them, so we will provide better out-of-the-box experience.

Test case

Software / Packages Dependencies

  • vlc
  • x264
  • unrar
  • others

What could disrupt development of this new feature

Legal uncertainty.

Planning

Contingency

Do not ship them.

Release Notes

Documentation