[advocacy] Fwd: The Trouble with Vorbis (Op-Ed)

[Daniel James]

>    Ogg Vorbis may be the holy grail of patent-free audio
> compression, but there are some serious issues blocking its path to
> widespread acceptance. Unfortunately most of us are powerless to
> correct the situation; the problems must be addressed by Vorbis'
> creators.

I for one don't share the criticisms of this piece. It's not good
enough for some people that free software developers spend years of
their life working on projects with modest reward - they have to
deliver full documentation to third parties too. And turn down
opportunities to earn a living while they're at it.

I look forward to the release of a Vorbis specification which can be
adopted as a standard, but neither I nor anyone else is in a position
to demand it from the developers.

Daniel

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