On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 14:13 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Tom spot Callaway (tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > I don't like the fact that we have to have firmware without source. > > However, firmware is a far more necessary evil than enabling Windows > > Media file support. > > How is enabling users the ability to access their own data more evil > than enabling users the ability to use their own hardware? > > If the only legal way for a user to access their own data is via > software that comes with a patent license, I don't have that big of > an issue pointing to that along with whatever brainwashing/education/beethoven > we want to subject them to. Which other proprietary apps should we link to? Acrobat opens PDFs that evince doesn't. What about flash? I do have that big of an issue. And on top of that, we shouldn't be helping Fluendo (or anyone), profit from it. ~spot _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
