[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there is a persistent issue of Ubuntu not being totally open source and > that it includes components (codecs etc ) that are propreitory and that > basically go against the GNU/Linux core FLOSS philosophy
Incorrect. If what you claim were indeed true, then I would be able to play MP3 files and watch DVD movies "out of the box". Obviously, that is certainly not the case. Quoted from <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats>: "Ubuntu strives to make every piece of software available under the licensing terms laid out in the [WWW] Ubuntu License Policy. Patent and copyright restrictions complicate free operating systems distributing software to support proprietary formats. Ubuntu's commitment to only include completely free software by default means that proprietary media formats are not configured 'out of the box'." -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
