Editing Debian (section)

=== Multimedia support ===

Multimedia support has been problematic in Debian regarding [[codec]]s threatened by possible patent infringements, lacking source code, or under too restrictive licenses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mejia |first=Andres |date=2012-03-18 |title=Diff for 'MultimediaCodecs' |url=https://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs?action=diff&rev1=56&rev2=59 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020092141/https://wiki.debian.org/MultimediaCodecs?action=diff&rev1=56&rev2=59 |archive-date=October 20, 2014 |access-date=2014-10-16 |publisher=Debian Wiki}}</ref> Even though packages with problems related to their distribution could go into the non-free area, software such as [[libdvdcss]] is not hosted at Debian .<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-07-25 |title=RFP: libdvdcss – Library to read scrambled DVDs |url=https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=154281 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202162508/https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=154281 |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |access-date=2014-07-09 |publisher=Debian BTS}}</ref>

A notable third party repository exists, formerly named Debian-multimedia.org,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilbertson |first=Scott |date=2009-02-16 |title='Lenny': Debian for the masses? |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2009/02/16/debian_lenny_review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810091102/https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2009/02/16/debian_lenny_review/ |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |access-date=2014-07-13 |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Granneman |first=Scott |date=2008-02-06 |title=Cool APT Repositories for Ubuntu and Debian |url=http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5006/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144223/http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5006/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-13 |magazine=[[Linux Magazine]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nestor |first=Marius |date=2012-03-19 |title=Window Maker Live CD 2012-03-18 Available for Download |url=http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Window-Maker-Live-CD-2012-03-18-Available-for-Download-259448.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129051818/http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Window-Maker-Live-CD-2012-03-18-Available-for-Download-259448.shtml |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |access-date=2014-11-22 |publisher=[[Softpedia]]}}</ref> providing software not present in Debian such as [[Windows API|Windows]] codecs, libdvdcss and the [[Adobe Flash Player]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Packages |url=http://deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714191242/http://deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-13 |publisher=deb-multimedia.org}}</ref> Even though this repository is maintained by Christian Marillat, a Debian developer, it is not part of the project and is not hosted on a Debian server. The repository provides packages already included in Debian, interfering with the official maintenance. Eventually, project leader Stefano Zacchiroli asked Marillat to either settle an agreement about the packaging or to stop using the "Debian" name.<ref>{{Cite mailing list |last=Zacchiroli |first=Stefano |title=on package duplication between Debian and debian-multimedia |mailing-list=pkg-multimedia-maintainers |date=2012-05-05 |url=https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2012-May/026678.html |access-date=2014-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605095724/http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2012-May/026678.html |archive-date=June 5, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Alioth (Debian)|Alioth]] |author-link=Stefano Zacchiroli}}</ref> Marillat chose the latter and renamed the repository to deb-multimedia.org. The repository was so popular that the switchover was announced by the official blog of the Debian project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-14 |title=Remove unofficial debian-multimedia.org repository from your sources |url=https://bits.debian.org/2013/06/remove-debian-multimedia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052055/https://bits.debian.org/2013/06/remove-debian-multimedia.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |access-date=2014-07-13 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>