David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com>:
Because the software would still be in opposition to the goals of
the
Fedora Project. MP3 support isn't just on the ForbiddenItems list to
annoy people. Like many others have stated, the project aims to produce
a free and open source Linux distribution that is redistributable by
all. Having a paid-up royalty for a proprietary technology just so we
can include it in the distribution defeats the main goal.
See my suggestion about a pointer to a (hypothetical) lame-hosted yum
repository.
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