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

[Daniel P. Berrange]

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. 

Regards,
Dan.
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