Bug 147517 - More proprietary software could be added to the 'extra' directory
Summary: More proprietary software could be added to the 'extra' directory
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 10.2
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Update Problems (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 1
Hardware: i586 Other
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Vladimir Nadvornik
QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf
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Reported: 2006-02-02 00:40 UTC by Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz
Modified: 2006-10-04 20:15 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Found By: Beta-Customer
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Wink's author agreement (691 bytes, text/plain)
2006-02-02 00:43 UTC, Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 		Details
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Description Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-02-02 00:40:41 UTC 
More useful proprietary software could be added to the 'extra' directory:
     ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/10.1/inst-source-extra/suse/i586

Examples:
   - Skype
   - Wink
   - NVidia driver

To distribute Skype you need to request permission (http://support.skype.com/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=222) like SuSE has done with Flash Player and Adobe Reader.

Wink is an unique software for creating video tutorials and export them to Flash. It is capable of doing stuff like this: 
      http://penguin.dq.fct.unl.pt/~jfraga/networkmanager.htm
In order to know if its author would allow Wink to be redistributed with SuSE, I made a preliminary contact. He enthusiastically agreed (email reply is attached).

I never understood why SuSE didn't supply packages of the NVidia graphics driver. The README file:
   http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8178/README/chapter-04.html
is clear:
   «As indicated in the NVIDIA Software License, Linux distributions are 
    welcome to repackage and redistribute the NVIDIA Linux driver in 
    whatever package format they wish.»
So if drivers for Smartlink and Intel modems are made available, why not NVidia drivers?
Comment 1 Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-02-02 00:43:26 UTC 
Created attachment 66126 [details]
Wink's author agreement
Comment 2 Andreas Jaeger 2006-02-02 08:24:05 UTC 
Michael, what do you think?
Comment 3 Michael Loeffler 2006-02-07 14:03:25 UTC 
I'll have look into Wink and check the Nvidia thing. 
With Skype we are now in contact for more than 8 month and couldn't come to an agreement.
Comment 4 Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-03-19 15:56:50 UTC 
Since the decision on removing binary kernel modules, I guess we can forget about the NVidia driver inclusion.
Still, Wink and Skype would be great additions both to the 'extra' directory and the retail DVD.
Comment 5 Forgotten User 55iwwMllzz 2006-05-04 23:27:38 UTC 
Judging by the non-oss iso images of the latest Beta versions, I guess that none of my sugestions will be included in 10.1 :-(
I hope that, at least, you consider including Wink in 10.2. It is a unique software in Linux. No other Linux software is able to do what Wink does.
Comment 6 Andreas Jaeger 2006-05-08 08:34:06 UTC 
Let's reopen for 10.2...
Comment 7 Cristian Rodríguez 2006-09-07 07:57:53 UTC 
wink does not work in 64 bit or have a 64bit build on the authors page.

/wink: error while loading shared libraries: libexpat.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.
Comment 8 Andreas Jaeger 2006-09-14 14:22:33 UTC 
Vladimir, please find somebody to package wink and include it for 10.2.
Comment 9 Ladislav Michnovic 2006-09-25 09:08:08 UTC 
Package wink was checked in.
Comment 10 Michael Loeffler 2006-10-04 20:15:08 UTC 
Wink will be on 10.2. For Skype and Nvidia there is currently no possibility.