#linux #freesoftware #opensource Today we take a look at why some functionality got removed from Fedora and probably OpenSuse due to the minefield proprietary software and proprietary technologies are. Brodie Robertson's Mastodon feed for up to date info on Linux issues, where I got to hear about this issue: https://linuxrocks.online/@BrodieOnLinux Resources: https://twitter.com/DaveAirlie/status/1575276265170358273 https://jina-liu.medium.com/settle-your-questions-about-h-264-license-cost-once-and-for-all-hopefully-a058c2149256 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/M4LTGLHY5JX42IHC45WNWB5FH2JIFMAS/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theora ---------------------- Socials: Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@nicemicro YouTube: null Odysee: https://odysee.com/@nicemicro:6 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nicemicro Github: https://github.com/nicemicro/