From 695bbfac80b603529fd435c246e32e52b625924b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Milan Santosi <milan.santosi@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:00:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] worked the part on non-free formats Signed-off-by: Milan Santosi <milan.santosi@gmail.com> --- kiss/freedom/notes.org | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kiss/freedom/notes.org b/kiss/freedom/notes.org index 8051f44..4a14822 100644 --- a/kiss/freedom/notes.org +++ b/kiss/freedom/notes.org @@ -1,21 +1,28 @@ * Selected Quotes -"Flash is not actually secret but adobe keeps making new versions which +"Flash is not actually secret but Adobe keeps making new versions which are different, faster than anyone can keep up and make free software -to play those files, so it has almost the same effect as being secret. +to play those files, so it has almost the same effect as being secret." Then there are the patented formats: it's BAD to distribute recordings -in mp3 or any other proprietary format. Although there IS free software to -handle those formats, distributors legally can not include support for -such formats because they are patented in many countries. +in mp3 or any other proprietary format. Although there IS free +software to handle those formats, distributors legally can not include +support for such formats because they are patented in many countries. Modern distributions of GNU/Linux such as Ubuntu facilitate use of these formats by letting the user decide, thereby avoiding legal issues. Whether or not this is a good thing is a question of moral. On the one hand, many of these formats have become pseudo-standards and for most users, the short term usability aspect prevails. On the other hand, it's a very bad idea if we were hoping to get rid of proprietary -formats eventually. If you want to support freedom, don't distribute -recordings in non-free formats. Please use formats such as .ogg, -.webm, or .png." +formats eventually. Anytime someone distributes anything in non-free +formats, that's putting pressure on people not to use free software +and free data formats. Sure, it is possible to add support for +virtually anything to GNU/Linux systems. But there are a lot of people +who, if confronted with an Operating System that does not provide such +software "out of the box" (so it won't play, for instance, mp3 files), +think it's the System fault. They don't realise it's mp3's fault. But +this is the fact. Therefore, if you want to support freedom, don't +distribute data in non-free formats. Please use formats such as ogg, +or webm. "In an epoche when governments work for the mega corporations instead -- GitLab