ubuntu aims (Re: Idea for expanded support of some non-free software

[Philippe Landau]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
>>of these, multimedia is the one lacking most, 
>>so it would justify the biggest attention.
> Sure, and we're working on it, but throwing in unsupportable 
> proprietary software is not the right way to solve the problem. :-)
is there another way to solve the problem ?

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from my previous "baiting/trolling/fud":
>> you could install it on your development computers,
>> test it, make it work well, provide scripts
>> guiding through the legal download from their original sources,
>> and facilitate optional integration in the ubuntu desktop.
>> 
>> this could be accompanied by pushing software that converts
>> proprietary multimedia files using open source and free codecs
>> and software encouraging sharing and streaming,
>> encoding and burning such files to CD/DVD.