On 3/7/06, James Henstridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edward Hervey wrote: > > > revised version 0.3.a-beta-pre25-coma-7: > > > > "Gstreamer 0.10 will also give users the possibility to use, where > >patents apply, multimedia plugins distributed by 3rd party vendors to > >offer support for licensed codecs for which no legal plugins are > >available." > > > > Does that make more clear the *freedom of choice* offered to users ? > > > > > Apart from the freedom issue (which is important), is this actually a > new feature for Gnome 2.14? GStreamer 0.8 also used plugins, so surely > codec vendors had the same ability to offer plugins back then as with 0.10. > > Has anything actually changed here other than a vendor (Fluendo) making > use of this ability? If not, then this probably isn't appropriate for > the release notes.
This issue has been a big, ongoing issue for the linux desktop for years. It certainly seems appropriate to talk about the results now that our long-term strategic choices have blossomed. Luis -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list