Re: [orca-list] playing videos in ubuntu

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I don't believe it's a strange regulation or law. I think some people 
want their distribution to be completely free of proprietary code. Also, 
some proprietary code includes restrictions if it's going to be 
distributed with some other software. This is why you don't see things 
like Oracle's Java bundled with a distribution but have to go download 
it yourself,.

BTW, the point Luke is making about following the laws in your area is 
clear if you follow the link he provided. The libdvdcss tool allows you 
to play encrypted DVD's, which may not be legal depending on where you live.

On 02/26/2015 08:37 PM, Michael Weaver wrote:
> Am I correct in thinking that there is some kind of strange regulations
> or law where you can install restricted formats yourself but if you are
> in countries like the US, you can't have Linux installed with the Codecs
> so Distros don't install them by default so you have to cinstall the
> codecs yourself?
> On 27/02/15 02:10, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > I assume it's because some people want to actually follow the law as
> > opposed to knowing they just won't get caught breaking it.
> >
> > On 02/26/2015 04:38 PM, Josh K wrote:
> > > why do you have to check laws in your area? do computers have detectors
> > > so when you use illegal software your computer phones the police and
> > > they show up at your door to arrest you for using illegal stuff? no. you
> > > can use libdvd without worries i think.
> > >
> > > follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982
> > >
> > > On 2/26/2015 5:32 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > > This may be of help with libdvdcss. Please make sure to check the
> > > > laws in your area though:
> > > >
> > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Luke
> > > > Yelavich
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:22 PM
> > > > To: orca-list gnome org
> > > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] playing videos in ubuntu
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 05:41:51AM AEDT, Michael Weaver wrote:
> > > > > The main problem I am having with Ubuntu seems to be using video
> > > > > codecs to play classic DVDs.
> > > > For watching dvds, you should only need vlc, and libdvdcss. I am not
> > > > going to outline how to to get libdvdcss because many juristictions
> > > > have laws against such encryption breaking technologies, dvd playback
> > > > should not require ubuntu-restricted-extras, at least not if you are
> > > > using vlc.
> > > >
> > > > Luke
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> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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Christopher (CJ)
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