Multimedia enthusiasts (AV and gaming particularly see: VRR on Wayland or DRM Leasing)

  • poVoqOPM
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    92 months ago

    They sadly can’t do that for legal reasons.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      didn’t realize that was a legal issue. why can other distros automate it when installing the os?

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months ago

        Codecs are a legal grey area that many distros are choosing to include out of convenience since there has not been a problem before. Since Fedora is associated with Red Hat/IBM which have a lot of money and are bigger targets for lawsuits, they are choosing to play it safe by not officially supporting many codecs. It is the same with openSUSE.

      • poVoqOPM
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        42 months ago

        They either have some licensing agreement with the IP holders of these codecs or do it on legally questionable grounds.

    • Gianmarco Gargiulo
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      11 month ago

      Will we see a change with this at least with H.264 since its patents are expiring? I hope so.