Fedora's way forward

[Eric S. Raymond]

Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org>:
> How do you add propose that we add support for mp3 formats in Fedora
> without abandoning the rights for derivative distributions to make
> modifications and redistribute all the code included in Fedora?

See my suggestion about a dedicated yum repository with a button in
Fedora that says "Push this to download MP3 support".  Users of Fedora
and all derivatives could use such a mechanism.

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> its not merely proprietary but also shackled by patents. Are you happy
> with just adding support for mp3 or would WMA support follow up on that
> next?

Since you mention it, yes.  If we can support what users want to do, we should.
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