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  2. OCPBUGS-31699

gstreamer1 package dependency in network-tools creates legal concerns

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      * Previously, the `network-tools` image, which is a debugging tool, included the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. Wireshark had a dependency on the `gstreamer1` package, and this package has specific licensing requirements. With this release, the `gstreamer1` package is removed from the network-tools image and the image now includes the `wireshark-cli` package.(link:https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-31699[*OCPBUGS-31699*])
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      * Previously, the `network-tools` image, which is a debugging tool, included the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. Wireshark had a dependency on the `gstreamer1` package, and this package has specific licensing requirements. With this release, the `gstreamer1` package is removed from the network-tools image and the image now includes the `wireshark-cli` package.(link: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-31699 [* OCPBUGS-31699 *])
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      Description of problem:

      gstreamer1 package (and its plugins) include certain video/audio codecs, which create licensing concerns for our Partners, who embed our solutions (OCP) and deliver it to their end customers. 
      
      ose-network-tools container image (seems applicable for all OCP releases) includes dependency to gstreamer1 rpm (and its plugin rpms, like gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free). The request is re-consider this dependency and if possible totally remove it. It is a blocking issue which prevents our partners to deliver their solution on the field.
      
      It is an indirect dependency. ose-network-tools includes wireshark, wireshark has dependency to qt5-multimedia, which in turn includes dependency to gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free. 
      
      First question: is wireshark really needed for network-tools? Wireshirk is a GUI tool, so dependency is not clear. 
      Second question: would wireshark-cli be sufficient for needed purposes instead? Because CLI version does not contain dependency to qt5 and so on.

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          Seems applicable to all active OCP releases.

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              npinaeva@redhat.com Nadia Pinaeva
              ibodunov Ivan Bodunov
              Anurag Saxena Anurag Saxena
              Ashley Hardin Ashley Hardin
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