Upholding the spirit of open source is one thing. Becoming a profitable business is another. I understand the philosophical reasons behind their decision, I just hope it doesn't come at the cost of eventually going out of business because they continue to fail becoming profitable.
As great as OGG is, it is not viable at this time to the general market. Maybe that will change but right now it's going to hurt Redhat because all of the other distros, that also support the spirit of open source, are offering mp3 decoding in their products. I'm on Redhat's side here, I just want them to succeed. Todd -----Original Message----- From: William Hooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: early review of RH 9 (Shrike) > If it only costs a one-time payment of $50-60K to license > mp3 decoding, why isn't Redhat doing it? If it's strictly > to appease the GPL then couldn't they ship some type of "add-on" pack > that included this feature (and maybe the DVD encoding as well.) This > would be similar to the MS markets the Plus Pack and would still allow > Redhat to say the OS is shipped GPL compliant. > > Todd Why support software patents when OGG is Free (as in speech and beer)? Your suggestion goes against the *spirit* of Open Source. Upholding the *spirit* of Open Source is something that Red Hat seems to do well. -- William Hooper -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
