Bug 20978

Summary:	License to accept in installer talks about MP3 license which has expired
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	José Jorge <lists.jjorge>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia tools maintainers <mageiatools>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	lists.jjorge, marja11
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	Mageia 6
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	drakx-installer-stage2	CVE:
Status comment:

Description José Jorge 2017-05-30 10:23:54 CEST

When language is selected, at the end of the license text, it gives the example of MP3 licensing, at least in portuguese. This paragraph should be removed as MP3 is now patent free.

José Jorge 2017-05-30 10:25:25 CEST

Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 6
CC: (none) => lists.jjorge

Comment 1 Marja Van Waes 2017-05-30 22:03:17 CEST

Thanks for spotting this.

Assuming the text you're referring to is this text:

http://gitweb.mageia.org/software/drakx/tree/perl-install/messages.pm#n101 :

sub warning_about_patents() {
N("Warning: Free Software may not necessarily be patent free, and some Free
Software included may be covered by patents in your country. For example, the
MP3 decoders included may require a license for further usage (see
http://www.mp3licensing.com for more details). If you are unsure if a patent
may be applicable to you, check your local laws.");
}



I don't think the above paragraph should be removed, but instead the MP3 example should be replaced with a better one.

Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-stage2
CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => mageiatools

Comment 2 José Jorge 2017-05-30 22:10:19 CEST

(In reply to Marja van Waes from comment #1)

> I don't think the above paragraph should be removed, but instead the MP3
> example should be replaced with a better one.

Agreed. Maybe we could mention 'tainted' and HEVC in the example :

("Warning: Free Software may not necessarily be patent free, and some Free
Software included IN THE TAINTED REPOSITORY may be covered by patents in your country. For example, 

the HEVC decoders included may require a license for further usage (see http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/HEVC/Pages/PatentList.aspx 

for more details). If you are unsure if a patent
may be applicable to you, check your local laws.")

Comment 3 Rémi Verschelde 2017-05-31 09:13:53 CEST

I think it's better not to give any example nor URL, and just mention that some software in tainted may be covered by patents, telling people to refer to the documentation of each tainted package. So e.g.:

("Warning: Free Software may not necessarily be patent free, and some Free
Software included in the TAINTED repository may be covered by patents in your country. Check the documentation of the tainted packages you want to install to assess if they would be patented under your local laws.")

Comment 4 José Jorge 2018-09-08 16:23:44 CEST

Seems fixed in MGA6 installer

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: NEW => RESOLVED