>> Hi all !
>>
>> Since we have made a deal with MS about patents, I would like to ask
>> include MS-patented Windows Media Codecs (WMA/WMV) with both openSUSE
>> 10.2 and future SUSE versions... (including Enterprise). The code
>> exists (on packman sites - the only problem was patents, which is
>> solved now).
>
>Feel free to open a feature request in bugzilla, but I don't think it's going
>to happen. The patent "pact" isn't a license to use
>
>And I can just about guarantee that it won't happen for 10.2, it's far too
>late in the release cycle for new features of any kind
>
>But only the PM/RM can speak authoritatively on this
There is much more to it than just including windows codecs. Probably
_not even half_ of what you can download as 'w32codecs' belongs to
Microsoft. Think of Divx.com, Apple Quicktime, just to name a few. And
as far as I can predict, there has been no deal with those.
So all that you could get ATM would be WMA and WMV and maybe some
extra fluff Microsoft licensed. Now that's not worth the hassle.
-`J'
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