[Vorbis] [rms@gnu.org: http://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/PortablePlayers]

[Tim Olsen]

Has RMS changed his mind on this?

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In response to the change of license, Richard Stallman of the Free Software 
Foundation says, "I agree.  It is wise to make some of the Ogg Vorbis code 
available for use in proprietary software, so that commercial companies doing 
proprietary software will use it, and help Vorbis succeed in competition with 
other formats that would be restricted against our use."
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taken from:   http://www.vorbis.com/press/20010226.txt

Vorbis has yet to win the battle against other codecs.

-Tim


On 5/3/05, John Morton <jwm at angrymonkey.net.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 10:58, Jack Moffitt wrote:
> > I've already responded to Richard.  Is there a volunteer who can edit
> > the page to fulfill his request?  If so, please edit the page let
> > Richard know that you've completed the task.
> 
> > I just found out about at that page, and it would be good for the FSF
> > to make a link to a similar page.  However, there's a specific problem
> > with this one: it recommends installing different firmware into some
> > of the players.  That firmware is non-free software, so we mustn't
> > recommend it.
> >
> > Could you make a similar page that has the same info but without mentioning
> > the devices that need users to install new firmware?  That we could
> > and will make a link to.
> 
> How is a portable that can play vorbis out of the box more free than a
> portable that requires a firmware upgrade when neither are using Free
> firmware in the first place? The only player FSF can recommend is one
> that has Free firmware, which, at the moment, is the Neuros (maybe) and
> nothing else.
> 
> (Ok, maybe an iPod running uClinux as well...)
> 
> John
> 
> 
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