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:Fedora Struggles with Harm Reduction via Codec Buddy
Fedora Struggles with Harm Reduction via Codec Buddy
Nov 1, 2007, 15 :45 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (7145 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Byfield)

"In public health, harm reduction is a practice that, rather than trying to eradicate potentially dangerous choices like prostitution, tries to minimize their effects. Often, the practice involves a limited condoning of the practice, such as safe injection sites for addicts. Harm reduction is the path that Fedora 8 has chosen on the issue of MP3 and other non-free codecs in the form of Codec Buddy, a Codeina-based program that tries to educate users about free software while giving them easy legal access to codecs by linking to the commercial Fluendo site. It's a decision about which the Fedora Board and community leaders feel considerable ambivalence..."

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Aye, couldn't play me mp3s with fedo ...   had to switch away from fedora   
den christen
Nov 1, 2007, 18:27:41
 
you can play mp3's in fedora, I do i ...   mp3's do work in Fedora   
Mark
Nov 1, 2007, 18:49:32
 
> Seems like they are taking on the stan ...   Re: had to switch away from fedora   
Tony OBryan
Nov 1, 2007, 18:52:07
 
I don't think the folks who make Fed ...   Re: had to switch away from fedora   
gospo
Nov 1, 2007, 18:58:32
 
Red Hat knows that they are the logical  ...   different environments   
Greg
Nov 2, 2007, 00:47:27
 
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