On 10/16/05, kai
wrote: On Sunday 16 October 2005 00:04, Basil Chupin wrote:
I agree it is totally fscked that SuSE doesn't include DVD
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 18:38 +0200, Steve Graegert wrote: playback out of the
box. I cannot belive that their lawyers are so fscking lame they can't negotiate a contract to provide CSS on thier incuded DVD player and then simply charge a few cents more per box. I can understand if it isn' t included on the download but give me a break - I get a crippled version from the box.
It's not only a matter of money rather than licensing and restrictions on both sides. For example, for software to be GPL compliant it may not contain proprietary closed source and vice versa. Redistribution would then be either prohibited or the closed source must be opened. You see the problem? It's some kind of deadlock and it's not going to change soon; sadly, it's getting worse.
\Steve
Think of it this way, does MS include encrypted DVD playback software with their install CD, of course not but you expect SUSE or any other linux distribution to, why? Contact a company that sells DVD playback software and nag them to provide a linux version.
Actually, I believe Xandros and/or Lindows provide a commercial DVD playback software in their paid versions. At the least it is available through an extra purchase on both distributions. Again, I could care less if I ever do watch a DVD on my system, I just find it insulting that I have to go though a few hurdles to get it to work on an otherwise excellent distribution. (Don't even get me started on CSS and the how stupid that is.) -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com linux - genuine windows replacement part