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RE: [SLE] xine and kaffeine
- From: "Steve Kratz" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:32:31 -0500
- Message-id: <BJENJJKHFBGKGFHCDHMBOECBCOAA.steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Andersen [mailto:jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:14 AM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [SLE] xine and kaffeine
>
>
> On Thursday 29 July 2004 12:00 am, Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
> > * Adam Cooper <adam.cooper@xxxxxxxxxx> (Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:53:02AM
> > +0100)
> >
> > > On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 05:38, John Andersen wrote:
> > > > Having both is not unusual - comes that way on SuSE 9.1,
> > > > but SuSE installs a crippled xine.
> > >
> > > How so? I'd like to know to see if it's worth replacing.
> >
> > Legal reasons.
> > e.g. DVD playback requires the DeCCS stuff, which is illegal
> under the DMCA
> > in the US. (IIRC)
>
> Ahem... I'd like you guys to continue this thread without my name in
> the subject. You have no idea how many filter rules you are tripping
> in my machine. ;-)
>
> But since the US case was based on a Norway case (i think) It may
> be legal now in the US since the Norway case was dismissed.
>
> It hasn't been back to court since the dismissal, and the motion
> picture industry has started to realize its a fools errand to pursue
> this just because its Linux and not Windows. They risk getting
> tossed out of court and losing more than its worth if they get
> in front of a somewhat smarter judge who decides that if you
> can play it on one computer you should be able to play it on
> ANY computer.
Ok, where is a good place to pull the "good" xine RPMs from? I finally
started converting my home system to SuSE 9.1 last night, and want to get
full multimedia support going.
I noticed on Packman's site there's like 50 xine options... Also, I've
noticed a fair number of sites that mention the DeCSS software don't have it
available for download.
(I do have apt installed -- does apt install xinelibs get the right one?)
> From: John Andersen [mailto:jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 3:14 AM
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [SLE] xine and kaffeine
>
>
> On Thursday 29 July 2004 12:00 am, Gerhard den Hollander wrote:
> > * Adam Cooper <adam.cooper@xxxxxxxxxx> (Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 08:53:02AM
> > +0100)
> >
> > > On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 05:38, John Andersen wrote:
> > > > Having both is not unusual - comes that way on SuSE 9.1,
> > > > but SuSE installs a crippled xine.
> > >
> > > How so? I'd like to know to see if it's worth replacing.
> >
> > Legal reasons.
> > e.g. DVD playback requires the DeCCS stuff, which is illegal
> under the DMCA
> > in the US. (IIRC)
>
> Ahem... I'd like you guys to continue this thread without my name in
> the subject. You have no idea how many filter rules you are tripping
> in my machine. ;-)
>
> But since the US case was based on a Norway case (i think) It may
> be legal now in the US since the Norway case was dismissed.
>
> It hasn't been back to court since the dismissal, and the motion
> picture industry has started to realize its a fools errand to pursue
> this just because its Linux and not Windows. They risk getting
> tossed out of court and losing more than its worth if they get
> in front of a somewhat smarter judge who decides that if you
> can play it on one computer you should be able to play it on
> ANY computer.
Ok, where is a good place to pull the "good" xine RPMs from? I finally
started converting my home system to SuSE 9.1 last night, and want to get
full multimedia support going.
I noticed on Packman's site there's like 50 xine options... Also, I've
noticed a fair number of sites that mention the DeCSS software don't have it
available for download.
(I do have apt installed -- does apt install xinelibs get the right one?)
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