starman@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoVLC Media Player Plans to Add Online Media Streamingnews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down110
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minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s room for both the principled take and the practicality. We have both FOSS distros and those that ship patent encumbered stuff and proprietary driver.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoVLC has been distributed with libdvdcss and patent incumbered codecs for ages. Beware: VLC media player binaries are distributed with the libdvdcss library included. I don’t see this as at all different tbh
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There’s room for both the principled take and the practicality. We have both FOSS distros and those that ship patent encumbered stuff and proprietary driver.
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VLC has been distributed with libdvdcss and patent incumbered codecs for ages.
I don’t see this as at all different tbh