Tim X wrote: > David Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > While I can appreciate what your saying, I think you may be missing some of > the > subtlety of Richard's point.
and perhaps you're missing some of the subtlety of david's point: if mplayer did not support non-free codecs, some (many) people wouldn't even consider giving GNU/Linux a try. now, even if you should agree with the FSF that all software should be free in their sense, i.e. licensed under GPLv3, (a point i personally don't subscribe to, btw), you may still argue that the chances of reaching that ideal are better when some non-free content and/or software is supported: it enhances the spread of GNU/Linux, which it turn makes free software more visible, which in turn may convince more people to release their software (and entertainment content, etc.) under free licenses. if there had been no support for proprietary formats in GNU/Linux, it might well have been that so few people would have started to use it that it would never have gained the momentum it has now. -- Joost Kremers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9) _______________________________________________ gnu-emacs-sources mailing list gnu-emacs-sources@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-emacs-sources
