Ben McIlwain wrote:
Keep in mind, in every other area, we've always favored truly free formats over proprietary: SVG, Ogg, etc. Why stop now?
We're not stopping.
Why are we supporting Kaltura, which isn't really free beyond a trivial open sourced MediaWiki plugin?
We're not supporting them at all except insofar as we're encouraging them to take it *COMPLETELY* open-source, INCLUDING server-side, INCLUDING Ogg Theora, INCLUDING improvements to f/oss alternatives such as Gnash, etc. (And yes I know Gnash doesn't solve every problem with Flash.)
Encouraging them to move their tool in the directions we favor is the ONLY thing we're doing.
We won't even consider touching the software itself with a hundred-foot pole until they can support the free environment and formats we require. That's a condition they're well aware of.
-- brion