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docs: Clarify that an app can own its app-id as subname of MPRIS bus #5582

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Clarify that an app can own its app-id as subname of MPRIS bus
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Clarify that an app can own its app-id as subname of MPRIS bus
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</para>
<para>
The default policy for the session bus only allows the
application to own its own application ID and
subnames. For instance if the app is called
"org.my.App", it can only own "org.my.App" and
"org.my.App.*". Its also only allowed to talk to the
bus itself (org.freedesktop.DBus) and the portal APIs
APIs (bus names of the form org.freedesktop.portal.*).
application to own its own application ID, its
subnames and its own application id as a subname of
"org.mpris.MediaPlayer2". For instance if the app is called
"org.my.App", it can only own "org.my.App", "org.my.App.*"
and "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.org.my.App".
It is only allowed to talk to names matching those patterns, plus
the bus itself (org.freedesktop.DBus)
and the portal APIs (bus names of the form org.freedesktop.portal.*).
</para>
<para>
Additionally the app is always allowed to reply to
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