[Foundation-l] File format policy

[Florence Devouard]

Brion Vibber wrote:
> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> The thing that jumps out at me is the unqualified use of "must". This
>> policy would make it impossible to use content for which there are no
>> free formats (not that I can think of any examples of such content at
>> the moment). Is that intentional? A "where possible" could be added to
>> get around it if it's not intentional. (I'm undecided on whether it
>> would be good to completely ban such material or not.)
> 
> If no free formats exist for some medium, we'd probably prefer to
> encourage the creation of free formats for it.
> 
> 
> Note that our software policy already means we can't require that people
> use non-free software.
> 
> In many cases that'll cover the same ground as non-free formats; the
> main exceptions are for patent-encumbered standards (eg, the MPEG family
> - MP3, AAC, H.264, etc) and widely-deployed proprietary formats that
> have been reverse-engineered by FOSS developers (eg, Flash).
> 
> -- brion

Just to make sure... which software policy ?

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