Ubuntu
totem package

  1. Bug #137527
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 137527

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Daniel Hollocher (chogydan) wrote : Re: Totem should notify users about installing libdvdread3 and libdvdcss2 to read encrypted DVD

Maybe we could ask the upstream guys to allow for a custom message on codecs that fail to install through totem's autoinstaller. Then, whoever packages totem can just customise the message for whatever distro they are using. For ubuntu, the message would probably include at least the following links/info:
http://blog.canonical.com/?p=37 (This one is good for those who want to pay money)
http://medibuntu.org/ (This one is good for those who don't)

The reason that the message needs to be custom is that different distros (like debian) handle these legal issues differently. (Before medibuntu was around, I used to use the debian mirrors on my ubuntu for these codecs)

I would not be surprised that what I'm doing breaks some law, since I live in the US. But, I don't care, since I would be able to do this stuff on windows. I don't care if legal technicalities make it illegal for me to do those things on linux. That's just me.

The issues of patents and copyrights is, and will probably continue to be, a contentious topic for the FOSS world, but providing information about the issues should not be. So that's my logic for a custom popup message.

Practically speaking, if an upstream bug does need to be filed, the maintainer of the totem package should probably file it. They are the ones are going to maintaining it anyway.