Package wishlist: MakeMKV

[BasixKOR]

Please describe why this package is not eligible for Fedora?
Proprietary software.

Is this software redistributable?
Quote from MakeMKV binary distribution's EULA:

You are allowed to redistribute the Software in it original unmodified form. In addition, as a special exception, you may extract and repackage Linux-specific part of the Software for the purpose of creating a distribution-specific package, as long as program files and this license remain unchanged.

The developers signalled positive feedback for having a third-party package: https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7549#p7549

Also, there are Flatpak releases already available.

Is this software an alternate version of a Fedora-provided package?
N/A.

Additional context
MakeMKV on negativo17's Multimedia repository: https://negativo17.org/multimedia/

[kwizart]

Which feature is in the proprietary makemkv that is not in the FLOSS counterpart mkvtoolnix-gui ?
(not a mkv editor myself).

[kwizart]

side note: everyone is free to pick this task if interested in.
See also https://rpmfusion.org/Contributors

[BasixKOR]

Unlike the name suggests, MakeMKV is a Blu-Ray and DVD ripping software. Do note that the legal status of the software may be controversial and may not be legal depending on the legal jurisdiction.

[kwizart]

right, so there is handbrake for this (packaged from rpmfusion-free).

[Xmetalfanx]

I agree that their is a legal reason to use this app on your own collection .... the questionable use of it (in some people/organization's) eyes ... makes it a question if it should be included. I mean maybe a "we better not take chances and not put it in" as a possible stance. just my 2 cents ... and more of an open question than a statement (what i intended, i mean)