On Apr 11, 2008, at 2:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> >>> shall i submit a feature-request to add debian-multimedia.org to the >>> repositories on the build-machines? even the docs for building >>> pd-extended on debian (http://puredata.info/docs/developer/Debian) >>> suggest using this repository, so i wonder why it is not used. >> >> debian-multimedia.org is not an official repository, and has packages >> that are not legal to use without a patent license (this is not >> only a >> problem in the US, but mostly). Using all official Debian packages >> means that it meets the DFSG, which is a very good thing, IMHO. > > which is definitely a valid argument. > > nevertheless, why do the docs for building Debian then suggest to > add repositories that have packages that are not legal - therefore > talking naive users into potentially doing a crime? > furthermore, the docs even explicitely tell users to install > potentially patent-encumbered packages, while i was just asking for > a totally legal package (libquicktime is in main debian anyhow; > debian-multimedia provides a backport for etch)
libquicktime can have patent issues if it is built with all of the codecs. Feel free to change the docs, they are wikis for that purpose. I do want I can. > finally, i should probably submit a bugreport as to remove liblame0 > and liblame-dev from the debian/stable machine, as this _is_ a > potentially patent-encumbered package installed _from_ debian- > multimedia.org :-) If you want, it's been on the todo list for a while. .hc > > > mfg.asr > IOhannes > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- The arc of history bends towards justice. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
