I'm sure many people have heard of the BBC's proprietary, Windows Only Video On Demand service.
Although the FSFE don't consider this the least bit of a problem (and appear to have done nothing what-so-ever about it) it could severely damage uptake of GNU/Linux systems, or any other free software for that matter. Well the FSFE (and FSF) appear to have another opportunity to act, the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV (who make up 80% of the terrestrial channels in the UK) are making another player, <http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/nov/27/bbc.itv?gusrc=rss&feed=technology> . Does the FSFE intend to stand up for User Freedom this time around? Any chance they could involve themselves in the actual development, could we not rustle up a few developers from somewhere? Maybe we could at least get them to use an Open Standard so we could develop our own Free Software implementation? Andy -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
