Usual "forbidden items" explanation

[Les Mikesell]

On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 21:46, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > 
> > The others are perfectly valid however, as is my initial assertion that
> > Totem is set up as the default multimedia player for filetypes that it
> > cannot handle, without downloading plugins that are not discussed in any
> > detail. E.g. I had no idea until 5 minutes ago that the search I needed
> > to do was for "gstreamer plugins" rather than "Totem plugins".
> 
> I think the point that is being missed is that the Fedora folks can't
> legally distribute media players with plugins/codecs/etc that infringe
> on patents and/or licensing/royalties.  So, no matter what media player
> is installed by default that would be distributed by fedora it will be
> crippled to the point of not being able to play certain formats.

No, the point being made is the file associations made for the
unplayable formats are broken and shouldn't be there.

> So,
> one can't can't gripe about the fedora folks. 

Who made the bogus default associations to a program that
can't handle the type?

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