-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Fink schrieb: > I just read this article: > http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/07/ubuntu-remix-codecs/
Just FYI: Mark Shuttleworth just replied to the blog post: http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/07/ubuntu-remix-codecs/#comment-12124 "Canonical has not licensed codes from Microsoft for work with OEM’s on the netbook remix. However, we almost certainly WILL license codecs from any one of a number of sources - Real, Fluendo or others - so that users of Ubuntu can legally play content in as many formats as possible. Those codecs would be available alongside existing free software implementations for users to choose, and some OEM’s may choose to bundle them on their devices. There is nothing in that which is a conspiracy, or bad for free software. We already have reasonable free codecs, like Ogg, but there is content out there which people have every right to access, and if they need to purchase codecs in order to do so legally in their country then we need to facilitate that. Of course, we also want to work to make sure that open codecs become more widely adopted, and we want to work against laws which are dumb enough to create artificial boundaries in an open, digital world. But we are not here to encourage people to BREAK existing law, nor are we here to to prevent people from exercising all of their options. We are stronger when we make good arguments for freedom, not when we impose particular behaviour. " Have a nice day, Daniel - -- My 5 today: #237951 (notify-python), #199393 (dolphin), #238409 (contacts), #238262 (libgtkol), #238303 (pm-utils) Do 5 a day - every day! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFITPSkRjrlnQWd1esRAgPcAJ4ypU68M6fsSt6Vv8CdxwumNp5x8QCcCKsB GmQY5eJAgPhidDpkZFHDAYU= =2L9F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
