HUm.... Ok, I realize I had the wrong term there, those formats are patented
no proprietary. I know Trisquel uses free software to play mp3.
HOWEVER: due to patents on software formats/codecs, I still believe we should
use open/free formats/codecs instead of patented ones. Why?
1. You want a digital device to listen audio. Because mp3 is the most common
audio format, all devices need to support it if they want to have any chance
in the market. What happens? They have to pay a royalty and it increases the
price of the device. I would BUY a device that could read ONLY free formats
(Xvid, ogg, flac, x264, webm, etc). So should everyone who supports free
software.
2. Youtube was to stick with only flash and h264. Suddenly, they had to pay
royalties for each. They would start to charge the user to view videos, so
they could keep up with the costs. If there are no alternatives in place
already, when that happens, video sharing would almost become illegal.
3. Using other software installed in your computer to decode videos through
the web will make it useless that you are running Tor Browser. That is why
they don't have flash activated.
So, I appreciate the correction about proprietary/patented, but I still say
that we should make an effort to use free/open formats instead of
closed/patented/whatever ones.
So, does anyone knows of more websites that have html5 working with webm,
ogg, etc?
