On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 06:53 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > I'm in the United States where there may be legal issues with certain codecs > & libraries, such as libdvdcss. I also read that the VLC player, which is on > > the roadmap for future releases, may be illegal here. I didn't see anything > other than the "ugly" gstreamer plugins installed by default in the 2.2.2 LTS > > version so I removed them and I got mp3 codecs through Fluendo (it's free) to > > satisfy licensing. Would it make sense to have a version without the > restricted codecs or programs for those of us in countries where licensing is > > more restricted just to avoid potential problems? Maybe there are not that > many of us to make it worthwhile. >
You shouldn't even be concerned about such laws. They don't deserve your obedience and you shouldn't surrender your freedom so easily. I very much doubt that you really think there is any chance you'd get in legal trouble for using that software. Certainly bring attention to problematic laws, hopefully something will be done to rectify the problems, but I don't see why you should surrender your freedom so easily. Not using the software isn't going to bring attention to the problems. There are some things where abstaining is an effective form of protest, but abstaining from using certain computer programs is not effective. You've got one life, so use Free software, and don't surrender your freedom so easily. > _______________________________________________ > Trisquel-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users _______________________________________________ Trisquel-users mailing list [email protected] http://listas.trisquel.info/mailman/listinfo/trisquel-users
