[arch-general] Drop non-free ?! (Was: Commit in ffmpeg/trunk)

[Loui Chang]

On Sat 07 May 2011 11:24 -0500, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
> a bit of a divergence ... but as i think about next-gen packaging
> quite a bit i've often considered if a most advanced distribution
> system would negate issues like this ... for example, what if a
> nonfree package _knew_ it was nonfree, and therefore would only be
> distributed from servers in countries that do not deem it an issue?
> when user went to to sync it, their IP would be geolocated (or just a
> setting, eg. RESIDENT) and if need be the user would be warned that
> the package they are synced may have unknown legal implications.
>
> would something like that work?

Maybe not completely. At least it would relieve mirrors of possible
infringement which is good for them. Arch might still be found guilty
though.