[Vorbis] Nokia against the adoption of the Ogg technologies by W3C's HTML5

[Ian Malone]

On 11/12/2007, Daniil V. Kolpakov <dan at riga.lv> wrote:
> http://www.w3.org/2007/08/video/positions/Nokia.pdf
>
> [...]
> Anything beyond that, including a W3C-lead standardization of a "free" codec,
> or the active endorsement of proprietary technology such as Ogg, …, by W3C,
> is, in our opinion, not helpful for the co-existence of the two ecosystems
> (web and video), and therefore not our choice.
> [...]
>
> Charming. Now they call Ogg a "proprietary technology".
>

The more I think about it the more I believe they mean proprietary
means free and free means owned by Nokia.  Further discussion
is taking place on the Advocacy list.

While we're at it; freedom is slavery and 2+2=5.

-- 
imalone