Sale of codecs

[Neil Coetzer]

Dear all,

I have just had a rather embarrassing situation arise over the
announcement of proprietary codecs being for sale. We have just
submitted an article (which we do monthly) to a local newsletter
published by the Computer Society of Zimbabwe, and along with our
article bragging about the Ubuntu promise of always being free, they
also published a link to this article:

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20762/1090/

which claims that Ubuntu has become commercial and is no longer free
based on this codec issue. I have so far been unable to find out for
sure, whether or not the free download of codecs is still available? I
would assume so, but can anyone confirm this before I start complaining
to the people who mass-mailed that link? I would appreciate it if anyone
can shed any light on what is actually happening and what the
implications are. 

Urgent feedback would be appreciated so that I can jump on the Computer
Society of Zimbabwe and ask them to retract that publicly if necessary.

Regards,
Neil
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