In other words, it's a violation of the GPL to write or distribute software that makes uses of patented algorithms, so there's really no such thing as a _Free Software_ DVD decryption in the US. That's why US- based distributions can't/won't include DeCSS.
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 01:14 -0600, Will Hill wrote: > The last I read, you had to get a non-US package to make DVDs work. That > means that you won't find any US distro that plays DVDs because there's some > kind of stupid law against sharing DeCSS. > > On Tuesday 22 February 2005 07:20 pm, Karthik Poobalasubramanian wrote: > > > I don't know of any linux distro which comes with a decent dvd player > > that works after out of the box. > > I would recommend Ubuntu. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
