AL13N wrote: > Op maandag 29 oktober 2012 22:19:04 schreef Rémi Verschelde: >> 2012/10/29 Christiaan Welvaart <[email protected]>: >> > The problem is the following: >> > >> > 1. faac cannot go into main (see 2 & 3) >> > 2. faac cannot go into tainted (it is not free software) >> > 3. faac cannot go into nonfree (patented in some countries) >> > >> > so we only have 2 options: >> > A. ban faac and use the AAC encoder(s) we already have in mageia >> > >> > or another one that can go into tainted >> > >> > B. add a special repository for faac >> >> Looking at the history if the discussion (and especially this thread), >> it seems that a third option was clearly stated and approved by a few >> contributors: >> >> C. Change the definition of the Tainted repository to open it to >> non-free software. > > D. Change the definition of the Nonfree repository to open it to tainted > software.
(D) Already stated to be not an option. Then some mirrors couldn't (or at least shouldn't) mirror nonfree, which would be a big inconvenience to its users. Not having tainted, or faac, is not as big of a deal.
