What are consequences of "merger necessitates removal of ... packages due to licensing issues"
Michael Schwendt
ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de
Mon Sep 22 18:55:15 UTC 2003
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:19:39 -0700, Randall J. Parr wrote:
> >>* This merger necessitates the removal of certain problematic packages
> >>due to licensing issues.
> >>
> >>
> >>Does this mean that we will no longer be able to go to Fedora to pickup
> >>the MP3, mplayer, etc. packages which have not been included in recent
> >>Red Hat releases because of potential licensing problems.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Correct.
> >
> >While I can't speak for certain, I'm sure there will be third
> >party repository maintainers willing to host such software.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Yes, there are but they are limited and/or carry with them considerable
> problems/conflicts.
Don't panic! Right now you don't know what new respositories will pop
up to fill the gap.
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