[Gllug] Fwd: [opensuse] Invitation to OpenSUSE developers

[john levin]

Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 09:35:18PM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
>> Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> writes:
>>
>>> john levin writes:
>>>
>>>> Ubuntu doesn't ship with mp3 codecs.
>>> Really?
>>>
>>> 	ftp://ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/l/lame
>>                                          **********
>>
>> I call troll. Or Novell shareholder :->
>>
>> >From http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components:
>>> "multiverse" component
>>>
>>> The "multiverse" component contains software that is "not free", which
>>> means the licensing requirements of this software do not meet the Ubuntu
>>> "main" Component Licence Policy.
>>>
> 
> Urm, and who distributes the 'multiverse'  group of packages - why Ubuntu
> do. Just because they put a package in 'multiverse' instead of 'main' does
> not change the fact that Ubuntu are actively distributing it. Its all being
> developed, maintained & distributed by the same people/organization. 
> 

No, it's not being developed nor maintained by either Ubuntu or Canonical:
"This software is not supported and usually cannot be fixed or updated. 
Use it at your own risk."
http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/components

John
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