[Per Olofsson] > It seemed to me that Firefox/Iceweasel was going to start supporting > H.264,[1] but perhaps I was mistaken.
I sure hope neither is going to support H.264 as part of HTML5 <video>. > Since Debian already includes H.264 support, surely it would be > better if Iceweasel could use it directly instead of relying on a > Flash plugin. I am not convinced it is better for Debian to help increase the liability of people publishing video on the web, by increasing the user base for H.264, given that the cain of taxes listed in <URL: http://webmink.com/essays/h-264/ > will affect us all: * Those creating H.264 video need approval from MPEG-LA * Those streaming H.264 video need approval from MPEG-LA * Those creating players for H.264 video need approval from MPEG-LA And approval can cost money and require user counting. Only those using the players as individual persons have been granted approval from MPEG-LA until at least 2015. Supporting H.264 in browsers increases the preassure of those that want to avoid the video tax, and I sure hope Debian will not be part of that. -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120627122023.gd20...@login2.uio.no
