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

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="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 ?

There aren't a lot of really great solutions to the problem of proprietary
formats and protocols, particularly those that are patent encumbered, no.
However, we can increase demand for unencumbered formats such as the Xiph
stable - Ogg with Vorbis, Speex, Theora, etc. We can provide opportunities
for people to provide legal and licensed software for using encumbered
formats like DVD, everything mpeg, mp3, etc.

- Jeff

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