[Trisquel-users] Re : Firefox may support H264 after all

[magicbanana]

The default install of the current Trisquel decodes H264. There is no reason  
for Trisquel not to ship a Web browser that would read it.

Remember that H264 raises patent threats: in the future, the developers of a  
free codec may go into legal troubles and a distributor may not be allowed to  
ship it. That is why it is preferable to not rely on such formats and use  
patent-unencumbered codecs such as that of WebM or Theora. Nonetheless this  
does not have anything to do with copyright and a free software  
implementation of a codec... well, is free software!