Usual "forbidden items" explanation

[Tim]

Tim:
>>  b. That it doesn't manage to play non-protected DVDs.

Peter Gordon:
> This would require that Fedora provide MPEG-2 decoding capabilities,
> which it cannot legally do due to patent issues, as previously
> mentioned.

Then why provide a "DVD player" application, or something that purports
to be one, since there'd be no way to play DVDs?  There is no other
option than MPEG for DVDs, DiVX on a DVD disc isn't a DVD.

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