Brian wrote: > Pretty sure we are saying the same thing - what part of my comment struck > the wrong chord with you? > I think it is the " we should accept free content in any format." bit. ;-) > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <[email protected] > >> wrote: >> > > >> Brian wrote: >> >>> I hold the same sort of pragmatic view. In the absence of freely licensed >>> content encoded in a free format we should accept free content in any >>> format. I think it would take a revolution within the Foundation staff >>> >> and >> >>> the most vocal parts of the community (note that I did not say majority), >>> though. >>> >>> >> I think this is the exact opposite of what I wished to convey. >> >> I do not hold we should accept non-free content. I don't hold >> that view. Period. >> >> But if there is content that is *only* encumbered by the >> encoding, we should embrace and liberate it from those >> bonds. >> >> That is all. >> >> >>> It seems like a lot less work to solve the recoding >>> problem, and anyway, there is a lot of content that has yet to be >>> produced to worry about. Sticking to the ideals no matter what will >>> help more of that free content in free formats be produced in the >>> future when there are more people around to do the >>> creating. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < >>> >> [email protected] >> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> Tim Starling wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Some people in the community take the view that supporting proprietary >>>>> standards, as an option alongside free standards, weakens the ability >>>>> of the free standards to compete for mindshare and client support, and >>>>> thus that it shouldn't be done. We would have to have that discussion, >>>>> and possibly a vote on the issue, before deployment of any software >>>>> solution. But the software should come first, at the very least it >>>>> will be useful to support alternate free formats such as Dirac, Speex >>>>> and FLAC. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I don't know who "Some people in the community" are, >>>> but just in case they are anything like myself, who does >>>> hold a view not entirely distant from the one you describe... >>>> >>>> The one thing I would say is that gettin unencumbered >>>> material that was only encumbered by the encoding it was >>>> being carried by to formats that are free, is a net plus, no >>>> matter if it meant we were also carrying the encumbered >>>> format version. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yours in deep amity; >>>> >>>> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > >
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