[CentOS] Multimedia on Centos 5

Mon Apr 16 18:55:21 UTC 2007
Benjamin Sher <sher07 at mindspring.com>

On Tuesday 17 April 2007 02:51, Garrick Staples wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 01:56:45PM -0400, Benjamin Sher alleged:
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Is there a single source for the multimedia applications that are not
> > included with Centos 5: RealPlayer, Mplayer, mplayerplug-in, Acrobat
> > Reader, Java, libdvdcss, etc.?
>
> Due to legalities, no.  Commercial software like RealPlayer and Acrobat
> comes from their respective vendors, but are also available through RHEL
> (because they work out the licensing deals).  Patent and DMCA-encumbered
> software like libdvdcss has to come from 3rd party repos.

Dear Garrick:

Thank you again for your clarification. 

Benjamin
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