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by Yasuraka 636 days ago
Yes, distributing non-free, patented code that requires a license, requires a license. The same goes for Debian actually[1], including blocking requests and removing packages that were included before by mistake.

I would even dare say that this is another point for Fedora, enabling https://rpmfusion.org/ is a one-liner and feels entirely native, never a broken package.

[1] https://www.debian.org/legal/patent

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RPM Fusion does not give me uncrippled crypto libraries. It’s caused by their paranoia about export restrictions, not patents.