to autodownload or not to autodownload

[Les Mikesell]

Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, comeone "Highlighting the cost is part of the message that codeina
>>>>> provides to the end users" ?? Thats just plain nonsense, the 
>>>>> linking to must pay for codecs in codina is plain and simply _bad_, 
>>>>> but for some reason condoned because the codec issue is a big 
>>>>> problem for end users, so having some very ugly work around is seen 
>>>>> as ok in this situation.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any other alternative for users in areas with software 
>>>> patent laws (besides breaking the law or not using fedora, of course)?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes not play patent encumbered formats, just like we don't do 
>>> hardware 3D accel for nvidea cards, that would be inline with Fedoras 
>>> founding principles, codina is not!
>>
>> That translates to not using fedora to me. Or any other OS that tries 
>> to intentionally limit what I can do with it.  You can't be a dictator 
>> when other choices are available.
>>
> 
> You either misunderstood me or are deliberately misrepresenthing things 
> here. I'm not saying we should at measures to make it hard(er) for 
> people to use fluendo's codecs, nor am I saying that we should make it 
> hard(er) for people to use nvidia's drivers. I'm merely saying that we 
> should not be pointing the user to fluendo's codecs when playing for 
> example wmv, just like we are not pointing the users to nvidia's drivers 
> when they try to use opengl on an nvidia card.

I'm not happy with that choice that makes things more difficult for 
users either - and in the Nvidia case there is not even a legal issue 
involved.

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   Les Mikesell
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