On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Marko Vojinovic<vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 27 July 2009 03:06:34 gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> > I didn't say using wmv was the problem >> >> If you don't, well, I do. Using proprietary formats on state television is >> ABSOLUTELY inacceptable. > > Then go complain to the TV station and educate *them* that they made a bad > choice of format. All of us here on the list know that proprietary formats are > a bad idea. No need to discuss it here. > >> So, MPlayer must be included instead of Totem. From what I read >> everywhere, MPlayer does better. If the devil is behind MPlayer, the code >> is open, Totem can "borrow" it. > > This cannot be done due to US law. I know, it sucks, but again, go complain to > the US government, not here. We already know the bad side of patents and such. > > And the problem cannot be solved by "borrowing" the code. The patent says that > *algorithm* is monopolized, so Totem is not allowed to use *any* code > whatsoever for it. This is the patent work at its worst --- the *idea* is > restricted, not the implementation (ie. the actual code that turns the idea > into a working program). > >> I believe I made very clear that we can't always blame Microsoft for >> having a 1% market share. There also is need for amelioration on our side. > > Interest in market share notwithstanding, I'm sure Fedora would wish to > include mplayer and all no-go codecs for all of the players available, in > order to maximize user experience. But Fedora is simply bounded by laws of the > land, and is not allowed to. Nothing more can be done "on our side". > > Best, :-) > Marko > Maybe if they send out cd's with great music in ogg format, when it doesn't play automatically in a conventional cd player then people might realize there is something outside the box. Till then...... -- If you don't shove it under their nose they won't smell it. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
