> I'm in the United States where there may be legal issues with certain > codecs & libraries, such as libdvdcss. I also read that the VLC > player, which is on the roadmap for future releases, may be illegal > here.
VLC is perfectly legal, libdvdcss is not embedded in VLC by default. > I didn't see anything other than the "ugly" gstreamer plugins > installed by default in the 2.2.2 LTS version so I removed them and I > got mp3 codecs through Fluendo (it's free) to satisfy licensing. Codecs are patented software, a different issue than the decss problem. IANAL; but in my understanding you can use libre implementations of patented codecs for personal fair use. > Would it make sense to have a version without the restricted codecs > or programs for those of us in countries where licensing is more > restricted just to avoid potential problems? Maybe there are not > that many of us to make it worthwhile. The FSF lawyers think it is not a problem for them to distribute codecs from their USA server, so neither do we. Libdvdcss, OTOH, is potentially ilegal in both the USA and Europe, so we were forced to remove it from the latest release on. _______________________________________________ Trisquel-users mailing list [email protected] http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users
