On May 2, 2010, at 10:06 AM, ineiev <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, Jeff
Jeff wrote:
On May 1, 2010, at 2:49 PM, ineiev <[email protected]> wrote:
The code? that is, the specification of the format?
or the source code of an implementation?
Well, the specification of the format. I'm sure there is a little
work involved in making a player support another format.
Typically, yes; there might be corner cases like OOXML: as
I understand, free software developers wouldn't support it
because the format is unreasonably complicated
to independently implement (though it fits very well
to it's designer code base) -- but most likely
there is no similar multimedia format.
I'm not familiar with this format by name, so I can't really respond.
Isn't Winamp a proprietary program? the campaign is about
advertising VLC rather than Winamp.
Yes, winamp is proprietary.
...
True true. In this case, if it using a proprietary application to
listen to ogg, so that ogg can be more mainstream, it's a
compromise I would support at least short term.
So, we may recommend adding "send your (proprietary) player
developers a request to support Ogg formats better"
to the action list at http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/playogg/en (?)
I am not running the campaign, but I think that woul be a great
inclusion.
Ineiev,
It's been good talking with you, but later today I will be traveling
and not accessing my e-mail. I will return in a week.
Many Thanks for your support and contribution.
Jeff
