On 26.02.2011 22:20, andre999 wrote: > Anssi Hannula a écrit : >> >> On 26.02.2011 07:35, andre999 wrote: > ... >>> actually, any of those suggestions would be an improvement ;) >>> I did suggest "contrained". >>> Ubuntu uses "restricted" and/or "multiverse" (which include mostly >>> non-free packages), and there were a lot of other suggestions. >>> There was only ONE that seemed inappropriate. >> >> Ubuntu's "multiverse" and "restricted" contain non-free packages only. >> Packages in "tainted" are all free packages. > > ok > just the Ubuntu web site repository descriptions indicate that > patent-threatened or legally restricted packages would go into these > repositories, along with the usual non-free. > I have no idea what they do in practice.
They have fully enabled ffmpeg in main, and mplayer,x264,lame in universe. So patent-constrained pkgs do not appear to be put in multiverse. > do you mean that you consider that non-free packages should go into > non-free, even if threatened by legal or patent constraints ? Well, those don't really belong to either, so I'm unsure what would be done with those. However, I'm not aware of any such packages so it is a moot point :) -- Anssi Hannula