On 2017-01-09 14:51, Karl Cheng wrote:
On 8 January 2017 at 15:04, Simon Lees <sflees@suse.de> wrote:
Thats not entirely true.
%package non_oss_opt Recommends: gst-fluendo-mp3 Recommends: unrar
AFAIK there shouldn't be any more legal issues with MP3 decoding (or soon enough anyway). I'd imagine a fair few people would have existing MP3 files that they'd like to play.
Why "few people"? I expect a majority of users to have or use mp3. That mp3 decoder is the only one that the Fluendo company offers for free. The rest you have to buy.
As for unrar, surely there are OSS alternatives for it? I believe unar can deal with RAR files, though the command line options are different.
unrar is the free alternative. Freeware, actually. The RAR code is copyrighted. 2. UnRAR source code may be used in any software to handle RAR archives without limitations free of charge, but cannot be used to develop RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver and to re-create RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary. Distribution of modified UnRAR source code in separate form or as a part of other software is permitted, provided that full text of this paragraph, starting from "UnRAR source code" words, is included in license, or in documentation if license is not available, and in source code comments of resulting package. So any other implementation of unrar would have the same limitations. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)