On Thursday 26 January 2006 17:16, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
On Thursday 26 January 2006 16:48, Pascal Bleser wrote:
You are forgetting a point I've made at the very beginning of this thread, which I think to be very important.
If there is an official forum, you will *NOT* be able to discuss questions like "how do I play encrypted DVDs", "how do I copy DVDs", "how do I install emule", "how can I download MP3s", etc...
Oh its definitely an issue, I actually forgot to make a comment about that one. Take Fedora for example - with those same issues, anyone making a post in regards to those issues is told to seek out a legal page noting all the media materials that pose legal problems, and workarounds (ie: using ogg over mp3).
Now, I think we're also missing something - relicensing. I can't remember the name of the company, but isn't there some effort out there working on relicensing media players (binary only packages once released), with the source still under the GPL? This would negate the issue of legal concerns, though I honestly don't remember whats going on with the company.
This is off-topic ;) but no, forget it, it's void as it's a binary-only driver that cannot be redistributed by distribution makers (I guess you refer to fluendo).
Yes but atleast somewhat related ;) And thats a shame, I thought the intent was redistribution... oh well.
However, I think there are enough resources out there for media-oriented issues, and that (imho) would remain the place for non-official SUSE forums.
But you do know that it's the most frequently asked topic, don't you ? ;)
*nod*, but not the only asked topic, there are many others - and thats what I think is most important. Someone brings up media, they get pointed to the wiki explaining the situation, saying "Contact your local representative to complain". That leaves us able to do the "lets get your wireless working" thing. I would like to quote something from a forum I'm on daily, linuxgangster.org: "I'm posting this from my laptop. Thank you so fucking much, you are amazing. You're pretty much the only reason I'm still trying Linux, hehe. You and natas." This guy SERIOUSLY wanted Linux, but just couldn't get it to work. Total posts in the thread, about 10. Started off with "It doesn't work, don't know what to do", and went from there. Now THAT is why a forum is needed, he didn't even know where to look - SUSE for him btw. OSS version, ipw2200 drivers needed to be downloaded. Not a big deal, but he just didn't know. Henne, I will gladly contact every forum I know of, I have no problems doing so. I seem to think I'm occasionally personable ;) However, I don't know the owners, and may not be best suited to contact them. Is there anyone who knows the forum owners? If not, I'll contact them, and atleast try to get them to see the discussion on the list here. Joseph M. Gaffney aka CuCullin