Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-12 Thread Krzysztof Żelechowski
Dnia 11-12-2007, Wt o godzinie 19:26 -0500, Jeff McAdams pisze: > If the text is changed to move away from a free and open solution to > something that is going to be encumbered, you better believe I'm going > to be up in arms about it, and I will not apologize for it. This change > is exactly th

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
I agree with you, James. At this point, the specification does in no way tilt the balance toward proprietary technology, and that's commendable. It's just that some people feel that removing Ogg and leaving the matter unspecified would tilt the scale toward proprietary Web Babelization all ove

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread James Bennett
On Dec 11, 2007 6:26 PM, Jeff McAdams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would much rather Apple not implement HTML5 at all, so I can call > Apple out on it in the marketplace, than to let an encumbered technology > be ensconced in a standard like HTML5. You know, I've been looking at the current HTML

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
> > Wait...Apple and Nokia posit an potential patent threat as justification > to remove the text, but patent and other "Intellectual Property" reasons > aren't justification for putting it back? > > Great double standard there. Yeah, agreed. It amazes me how so far the discussion has been incred

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff McAdams
Oliver Hunt wrote: >> Maybe you should listen to the meta-argument, then. >> I'm sick and tired of getting screwed by big companies (including >> Apple), and I will *not* quietly accept it. > That's not unreasonable, but you have yet to give a solid technical > reason for reverting to the old tex

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Oliver Hunt
Maybe you should listen to the meta-argument, then. I'm sick and tired of getting screwed by big companies (including Apple), and I will *not* quietly accept it. That's not unreasonable, but you have yet to give a solid technical reason for reverting to the old text, so far your only argumen

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
Agreed. Let's just return the text, put a MUST in place of the SHOULD, and continue the discussion. If you find your solution within one year, great, s/Ogg/Yoursolution/g. If not, bite the bullet and go ahead. El Mar 11 Dic 2007, Jeff McAdams escribió: > Dave Singer wrote: > > At 19:04 -0500

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff McAdams
Dave Singer wrote: > At 19:04 -0500 11/12/07, Jeff McAdams wrote: >> Dave Singer wrote: >>> At 13:45 -0500 11/12/07, Fernando wrote: Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the >>> Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. >> >>> This entire discussion is foun

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
> A decision was made to have the text reflect the facts that (a) > no-one is happy with a 'should' and (b) that work is ongoing to find > a solution (which might be Ogg, or something else). That's all. I may not be a W3C chair, but I'm pretty sure that if I disagree, then using "no-one" in your

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Dave Singer
At 19:07 -0500 11/12/07, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: Well, consensus is going to be hard to find, with the conflicts of interest at play here. Yes, I agree that consensus will be hard. I have spent quite some effort so far and I see quite a bit more to come. I don't think there is much

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Dave Singer
At 19:04 -0500 11/12/07, Jeff McAdams wrote: Dave Singer wrote: At 13:45 -0500 11/12/07, Fernando wrote: Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. This entire discussion is founded on a major misapprehension: tha

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
Well, consensus is going to be hard to find, with the conflicts of interest at play here. And all that we want is that Ogg Vorbis and Ogg Theora, being the ideal balance between least-encumbered and technically sufficient options, be mentioned in the document that will be read by millions -- ev

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Jeff McAdams
Dave Singer wrote: > At 13:45 -0500 11/12/07, Fernando wrote: >> Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the > Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. > This entire discussion is founded on a major misapprehension: that > there has been a decision, and that decision

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Dave Singer
At 13:45 -0500 11/12/07, Fernando wrote: Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. This entire discussion is founded on a major misapprehension: that there has been a decision, and that decision was to exclude. This is

Re: [whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
I would just like to say: Me too. The quoted letter is a sensible address to the bigger problem underlying our "difference of opinion". El Mar 11 Dic 2007, Fernando escribió: > Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the > Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. >

[whatwg] HTML 5, OGG, competition, civil rights, and persons with disabilities

2007-12-11 Thread Fernando
Please reconsider the decision to exclude the recommendation of the Theora/OGG Vorbis codec in HTML 5 guidelines. I expect that in a sophisticated group such as this one: * skepticism with how well the interests of powerful corporations match those of individuals that are not their employees or s