On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:56, Anssi Hannula <an...@mageia.org> wrote: > On 10.01.2012 15:07, Pascal Terjan wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 03:20, Anssi Hannula <an...@mageia.org> wrote: >>> The problem is that that "balance" was achieved by sticking packages in >>> PLF/main/contrib semi-randomly. For example, H.264 decoders and MPEG-4 >>> video encoders are in main/core, while e.g. AAC audio decoders are in >>> PLF/tainted. If one'd put them into an order, IMO H.264 and MPEG-4 would >>> be much more prominent and tainted candidates instead of AAC decoding... >>> Also, in e.g. MPEG-4 case we have encoders both in core and in tainted, >>> e.g. we have ffmpeg in core, but xvid in tainted. >> >> I agree we need rules, but "being covered with patents" does not make >> sense, as the patent owner may agree with using it in free software. >> I think something like "No actively enforced patent" in core would be good. > > Possibly, but how do you define that, exactly? > > Does a licensing program count as "enforcing" or do you mean something else?
Yes, that's what I meant
