Application Black List

From openSUSE

This page lists a number of applications, which neither can become part of openSUSE distribution nor can be hosted on the Build Service for legal reasons. This page just lists the applications and does not explain the reasons because even this could be used in court against us. Please note that even links to non *.opensuse.org pages might be not possible for these.

This list is not complete, but lists the most requested software pieces, which can't be shipped.

Software which potentially implements patent protected algorithms

In general all kinds of multimedia codecs, especially from the MPEG family. Good and free alternatives are Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, SPEEX and Theora.

• ffmpeg
• mplayer
• xine library (full package, openSUSE ships with a reduced number of codecs)
• lame
• divx
• mythtv
• lastfm
• faad
• faac
• libmpeg*

Software with other legal implications

This is software which may be illegal in some countries.

• aircrack*
• amule
• mldonkey
• libdvdcss

See also on this subject

Restricted Formats