Ubuntu
mplayer package

  1. Bug #214727
  2. Comment #17

Comment 17 for bug 214727

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote : Re: [Bug 214727] Re: mplayer should be in universe

Julien Lavergne <email address hidden> writes:

>> - libmp3lame-dev
>> - libxvidcore4-dev
>>
>> I believe that both can be promoted to universe. libfaac should probably
>> removed from ubuntu.
>
> There is still the "patent problem" which prevent those packages to go
> into universe since the beginning of Ubuntu. And I'm not aware of any
> progress on this, but I can be wrong (I hope :) )

What patent problem?

See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PatentPolicy for the updated policy ubuntu
has on patents.

please note that x264 is already in universe, so patents shouldn't be
the problem for libxvidcore4-dev.

lame could need further investigation, though.

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