[Foundation-l] We should permit Flash video playback

Fri Jul 20 13:47:20 UTC 2007

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Daniel Arnold wrote:
> It really goes on my nerves that I have to install for example mpeglib, 
> libdvdcss and friends additionally by hand just because of stupid software 
> patents and DCMA, while Ogg works out of the box.
> 
> Ogg is the only media format that allows for perfect usability out of the box.

That's true if and only if you're running a recent Linux or other free
*nix distribution. :)

For most other people, it's the proprietary formats that run out of the
box. Thus there is some argument that providing multiple formats
provides greater utility -- then more people get the out-of-the-box
experience.

However that's dependent on the legal issues being sufficiently resolved
that we feel comfortable producing and distributing content in those
formats.

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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