GPL isn't the only definition of an "open standard", but I'd agree -- QuickTime specs for the latest codecs aren't made freely available by Apple! Projects like MPlayer and Xine (at least, I think they've developed their own, and haven't used prior work...) have reverse engineered implementations of the codec, but I very much doubt Apple are handing them the format on a platter and saying "Here you go, compete."
Not that Apple are competing at all on a GNU/Linux platform... but that's a COMPLETELY irrelevant rant. On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 20:46, Dejan Kozina wrote: > At 23.16 12/09/04 -0700, Rick wrote: > >Why are some folks so biased against Quicktime when it's the best?! And it's > >an open standard! What more do you want! A free streaming QT server? It's > >available! > > > >Rick > > What do you mean with 'open standard'? I've never heard of this and Apple's > website doesn't say anything like this. The only GPL thing found by Google > is OpenQuickTime.org, which is a library for .mov file handling, but this > doesn't make QuickTime open at all. If you want to go the open road better > embed a MPEG in Flash, at least the specs have been published (and the > installed base is somewhat wider). You'll have smaller files, too. > By the way, QuickTime can be a real nuisance on Windows: every time the > player launches it will try to write itself to the registry to be launched > at startup time. Bugger. > Dejan Kozina Web Design Studio > Dolina 346 - 34018 TS - Italy > tel./fax: +39 040228436 > cell.: +39 3487355225 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.kozina.com Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the senderâs consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
