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mattdm · 2012-09-10 10:51:57

I'm working on getting Scratch into Fedora. A current blocker is MP3 support.

My understanding is that this is implemented through a Squeak plugin, and that if we didn't include that plugin, it would be fine.

I notice that in the 1.4.0.6 source distribution from http://info.scratch.mit.edu/GPLv2_Licensed_Scratch_Code, the MIDI and MP3 plugins do not have source -- there's just pre-compiled binaries. Licensing and patent issues aside, this is not particularly clean. Would it be possible to update the source package so it contains no pre-compiled binares, and in particular not the mp3 code?

The MIDI plugin is part of the Squeak VM package for Fedora, so I think that's already covered. Presumably, MP3 support could be enabled in jurisdictions where that is okay by building and installing that plugin for Squeak separately.

Thoughts? Am I on the right track here? Thanks!

CylonToast · 2012-09-12 19:50:47

I'm not that fantastic at programming, nor am I a professional programmer, given that I'm only 12 tongue

roijac · 2012-09-13 13:52:39

MP3 is a tricky issue, I suggest you email the Scratch team at help@scratch.mit.edu and ask them smile
(As it's published under GNU2 you probably also can modify it yourself, it's not SCRATCH you're changing, that's plugins, so you still can use the name)

Last edited by roijac (2012-09-13 13:53:53)

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#1 2012-09-10 10:51:57

Packaging Scratch for Fedora -- please remove mp3 plugin from src dist

#2 2012-09-12 19:50:47

Re: Packaging Scratch for Fedora -- please remove mp3 plugin from src dist

#3 2012-09-13 13:52:39

Re: Packaging Scratch for Fedora -- please remove mp3 plugin from src dist

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