[haiku-development] INPUT / VOTE : --include-gpl-addons

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 17:31, Urias McCullough<umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:47 AM, Axel Dörfler<axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> For a non-dev release, i'd like to see VLC
>>
>> We have already MediaPlayer - why include VLC? I know it supports more
>> and often better-working codecs, but that's something we should
>> actually change.
>>
>>> And just to make sure, releases by Haiku will not utilize --include-
>>> gpl-addons ?
>>
>> I actually don't know why we wouldn't want to include those. Maybe that
>> particular topic should go to another thread?
>
> Did this other thread already happen and I missed it? :(
>
Not that I'm aware of.  So here it is :)

> If we disable the GPL bits in ffmpeg, I'm going to strongly desire VLC ...
>

So, this thread is to discuss whether or not we should or should not
build R1Alpha1 with "configure --include-gpl-addons <other_options>"

AFAIK
 * --include-gpl-addons would provide AC3 decoders, ntfs, and reiserfs.
 * Enabling those would require that image to be released under GPL
and not under MIT.
 * One of Haiku's goals is to freely allow anyone or any company to do
whatever they want with Haiku (including its source code), which is
why MIT was chosen.

when distributing GPL licensed binaries, it's preferred to mirror the
complete source alongside the binary --- but this is a whole other
issue.

--mmadia

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