Installing VLC, repository not free??
 

I've downloaded the rpm packet for fedora 14, in order to install VLC. I've read it has free and non-free repository. What is exactly "non free"?

I found the answer in a link in the same page. I quote:
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We have two separate software repositories

*free for Open Source Software (as defined by the Fedora Licensing Guidelines) which the Fedora project cannot ship due to other reasons

*nonfree for redistributable software that is not Open Source Software (as defined by the Fedora Licensing Guidelines); this includes software with publicly available source-code that has "no commercial use"-like restrictions .
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Kind Regards,

Stella

I reported your thread to be closed.

Cheers,

Josh

You could put the original question back, and provide the answer you found.
So other users can benefit.
Then you mark the thread solved using the thread tools.


Kind regards

The answer was just continue reading another link :o. I'm newbie and learning to be patient in linux (also reading the guide you have here to improve)
Kind regards

unodior,

As repo, politely requested, please restore your original question & include the answer, even if it's only a link.

One of LQ's goals is create an "archive of answers", deleting solved posts & threads would hurt that goal. Our policy is to only delete things that major rule infractions.

Thanks for your co-operation.

@repo: I didn't mean to be rude. I'm sorry, I understood it was just a suggestion and I thought it was such an easy question to answer that I shouldn't have made it.
Kind Regards

No problem

Kind regards

Thanks. (+6 rep)