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Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879 |
Date: |
Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:20:49 -0400 |
Well, OK: mplayer supports some proprietary codecs but I don't see how
this encourage it's use.
To encourage their use means to take steps likely to lead more people
to use them. For instance, to publicize their existence (unless they
are so well known that nearly all computer users have heard of them
anyway).
Does the mplayer site include a list of non-free codecs? Does it say
where to get them? That would encourage people to install them.
And second: For video *encoding* only codecs
with a GPL compatible implementation are supported.
That is a good policy, as far as it goes.
The non-free codecs that I'm talking about are the ones that are
binary-only (or those that have non-free licenses; but I am not sure
that case occurs). I don't see any ethical problem in distributing
programs that are patented or illegal in certain countries, as long
as their liceses are free. Those laws may be unjust, but they
are not the program's fault.
The problem occurs when the developers of software don't respect
the users' essential freedom. If they don't provide source code,
users effectively can't use the binary in freedom.
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, (continued)
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/16
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/16
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/17
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/18
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/18
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/19
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/19
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879,
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/19
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/21
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/21
- Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/22
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/21
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/19
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, David Hansen, 2007/07/19
Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/19
Message not availableRe: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, carl . davidson, 2007/07/19
Message not available[OT] Re: realplay.el interface with Real Player v. 1879, Tim X, 2007/07/18