Olivier Thauvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> > > I think mp3 players MUST be present in commercial editions. > > > > Yes, maybe on our proprietary CD's we can include mp3 players, > > this would sort of fix a bit of the problem (plf/download for > > people using GPL edition). But I'm not sure there is proprietary > > mp3 players available "easily" for Linux? As an xmms plugin it > > would be nice. > > For xmms, P. Terjan say me mp3 decoding is done by a plugin. It is not hard to > separate the plugin in a package alone, and put it in plf. xmms always works > fine with all other plugins such as ogg, wav, midi... PLF is not a solution for the main distribution, since first you need a live connection to the internet, second you need to install the packages manually because not taken into account by the install and we can't since it would mean we support/back it. > Just know I disagree to put free software in commercial distrib, first because > it's free, second because all contributors will loose access to debugging. I explicitely refered to proprietary software. > But if this can help MandrakeSoft to sell distrib and gain money, why not. > > A third way is to permit contributors to package for commercial distrib, ie > poeple who have account on klama. Commercial == Proprietary when it goes to our CD's in our PowerPack. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
