On 16/10/05, Ken Schneider
On Sun, 2005-10-16 at 18:38 +0200, Steve Graegert wrote:
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 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.
-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
Guys, I'm sorry but I keep hearing this myth bandied about left, right and centre. MS Windows 'will' play DVD's out of the box with no extra software. Now it may have been true for older versions of Windows but XP will play them. Unless I have a very special version that has been magically tweaked without me knowing. Sorry, but this is an issue that we in the Linux community do need to address whether we like it or not. When a consumer is used to a certain aspect of thier PC working then surely, they ought to expect the same with whatever system they are using. Now, if a particular OS does not do this, that or the other then the general public are going to think it is rubbish. In this case the play back of DVD's. We can either get this sorted or we see Linux never climbing any higher than it is at the moment. Yes, it's unpalatable but we have to face reality. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR