Maybe this should be a package we can propose to the Medibuntu project.

Thay already have a metapackage for the w32/w64/ppc codecs packages,
wich choose the good codec package depending on your cpu kind. It should
be possible to add a bigger list of package in this metapackage, I guess.

Toine




Cory K. a écrit :
> Luis de Bethencourt wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm wondering if we should go through the trouble of creating to
>>> metapackages for A/V codecs? The obvious free and nonfree.
>>>
>>> They would include any audio *and* video codec that fits into either
>>> category. "Free" could ship on the disks.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> -Cory \m/
>>>     
>>>       
>> Codecs are in a legal void I am not very clear about. I would need
>> somebody to clarify me how does Ubuntu and Canonical deal with sharing
>> codecs that don't explicitely permit this in their license uses. Maybe
>> having a metapackage of so in an official project as Ubuntu Studio is
>> a lawyer no no.
>>
>> Luis
>>     
>
> I shoulda mentioned this. Maybe just split the 2 based on archive.
> free=Universe, nonfree=Multiverse. That way, we should be clear. And the
> lists that actually make up the metas is up for debate. I'm more just
> wondering about the validity of the idea.
>
> -Cory \m/
>
>   

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