Restricted modules in Ubuntu

[Brian Fahrlander]

Scott wrote:
> I 100% agree.  I'm Canadian and I have the freedom to download the 
> restricted extras as I wish.  It would be best to have a (k)ubuntu with 
> the restricted extras already installed and another version for the 
> Americans and the few people that don't want it installed.
>
> I hate it when people complain that (k)Ubuntu, "does not even have MP3 
> support.  What kind of OS is that?".  It is one of the more difficult 
> things to defend.  I try to explain the free formats, but that does not 
> seem to help.
>   
    Well, let's not forget: it was THE GERMANS who imposed the 
$0.25/player, $0.75/encoder fees on the file format that everyone had 
already accepted.

    What we need to learn here is: Ogg. Free formats that'll stay that 
way. If everyone pushed, it'd be planet-wide...

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 Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad
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