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MythTV is a Free Open Source software digital video recorder (DVR) project distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. — MythTV.org

So doesn't that mean it should be listed under Universe? Why is it listed under Multiverse?:

apt-cache policy mythtv
mythtv:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
     2:0.27.0+fixes.20140324.8ee257c-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages

The wiki page on Repositories says:

  • Universe - Community maintained software, i.e. not officially supported software.
  • Multiverse - Software that is not free.
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Because of the video codecs it ships with. Some of those are NOT open source and are NOT free and for software to be in Universe it needs to be completely free.

This on MythTV will also be a showstopper:

OpenCable devices are available to access encrypted content on U.S. cable systems, but as this is a full DRM system, and not just CA like DVB CI, every piece of hardware and software on the playback chain must be tested and licensed by CableLabs. At current, Windows Media Center is the only DVR software to meet these requirements, and only it, and other software using its recording libraries, can use these devices. In 2010, CableLabs relaxed the DRM restrictions allowing unlicensed devices to record copy freely content using these devices, however it is still entirely up to cable operators what content they provide flagged as such.

-> never going to end up in "universe"

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