[Ilugc] why vlc is not integrated into fedora OR ubuntu

Varrun Ramani darthsitius at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 17:58:08 IST 2010


2010/1/1 narendra sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya at gmail.com>

> One need to install vlc player after installation of fedora/ubuntu,
> I have this small query that why fedora / ubuntu do not put vlc player as
> their default player ? is their any problem with policy/license Or
> something
> else which I am not aware of ?
>

Just a guess,  VLC probablt uses some non-free libraries.
Check the section -> Is libdvdcss legal?
http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html
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Varrun Ramani
Amrita University '10
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