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["W. Michael Petullo" <mike@xxxxxxxx>]

I am interested in getting a Scratch package accepted into the Fedora
project. However, I have found a previous objection that states
Scratch contains an MP3 implementation. Does Scratch include an MP3
implementation? If so, would it be possible to make this into an optional
component? As an alternative, perhaps this could be replaced with a
GStreamer-based audio system so that the supported formats could be
chosen at runtime.

The trouble with MP3 is that it is patent encumbered and therefore
objectionable to the Fedora Project which is concerned with free software.

If making MP3 support optional to Scratch is not in your plans,
then perhaps I could build a package for RPM Fusion. RPM Fusion is a
Fedora-compatible package repository that ships packages that Fedora
proper cannot.

Where can I find documentation on how to compile Scratch completely
from source? As far as I can tell, scratch-1.4.0.1.tar.gz comes with
much of Scratch already compiled (including Scratch.image). I found
ScratchSource1.4.zip, but I am not sure how to build Scratch from it. RPM
Fusion will prefer that everything shipped may be built from source code.

Thank you,

-- 
Mike

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