removed MP3 support in media players in fedora core 1

Fri Dec 5 14:29:28 UTC 2003

Am Fr, 2003-12-05 um 14.44 schrieb Tim Lesher:
> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:21:27AM -0800, Kojiro Dracomour wrote:
> > Honestly, I quite agree with RedHat's decision. But if
> > it is true that XMMS payed the royalty fee, than
> > downloading it on the side after installation would
> > not be illegal in any sense, much like downloading
> > WinAmp. However I personally doubt XMMS did.
> 
> Almost.  They'd just have to change the license (it's GPL right now,
> which is incompatible with software patents).

What about adding an application to Fedora to automatically download and
install the needed software (mp3-Support, java etc.)  after the
installation of fedora. Maybe after pressing some "I know what i am
doing"tm buttons? 
This would be really helpful to some beginners without knowledge how to
install the necessary packages....