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Re: [opensuse-factory] RealPlayer dropped from openSUSE, why?
On Sat, 2008-11-01 at 08:57 +0100, Daniel Fuhrmann wrote:
Am Samstag, 1. November 2008 07:16:52 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
Am Samstag 01 November 2008 schrieb Cristian Rodríguez:
Alberto Passalacqua escribió:
They simply didn't ask for permission, it seems. If that's true, it's
not a good move imho.

there are associated costs on **distributing** realplayer with Windows
media support.. sorry, I won't comment on legal issues.. that's a topic
for lawyers.. ;-)

That's right. And it's the only reason. Just because real says it's free,
doesn't mean it has no costs. Just none you pay to real.

Thanx for this clear and short explanation

...
Perhaps something to be added for the releasenotes of 11.1 ...
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