On Sat, 2007-09-08 at 17:54 +0100, Rob Myers wrote: > > I think there's actually three things at play here: > > > > 1. whether or not the player is free software; > > 2. whether or not the video codecs are free software; > > 3. whether or not the BBC use DRM. > > > > At the moment, 1, 2, & 3 are all 'not'. 1 is pretty trivial imho, and > > not really worth worrying about. > > 1 would obviate 2 and 3...
In what way? Modern player software has virtually nothing to do with the actual data consumed. Likewise, if the data has a free codec, who cares if the BBC player is proprietary, since it's then easily replaceable. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
