Making Music with FOSS
Seattle Chaz
seattlechaz at gmail.com
Mon Apr 25 21:20:26 UTC 2011
> I'd like to watch the webcast too.
>
> But hang on a second folks, we're free software advocates, aren't we?
> So
> why are we trying to find work-around, when the problem is that a
> webcast about free software should have been published in a free
> format?
>
> Surely it would make more sense for us, as a group, to say to the
> publisher something like, "This is no good, please can you find a way
> of
> publishing that meets the needs of your target audience, as this
> clearly
> doesn't."
>
> Would anyone care to join me in this?
>
> Mark
>
Mark:
Point well-taken. I was and remain irritated that the media was
not archived in a FOSS format, but I put that aside as I was
more concerned with consuming the media. I supposed I've
grudgingly accepted that some media distributors will premier
their content in proprietary format then later release it in a
more FOSS friendly container.
I notice that the excellent "Digital Media Primer for Geeks" was
released in multiple formats, and I would have expected the
"Making Music with FOSS" sponsors to do the same. Certainly, it
is feasible.
http://xiph.org/video/vid1.shtml
I agree that this issue should be brought up (again!) to the
powers that be. I would happily co-sign a letter of concern if
we can identify a specific point of contact.
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