[Foundation-l] Play Ogg!

[Michael Dale]

yea wikipedia commons should certainly be on that list :) I will mention 
it to Joshua Gay ( Free Software Foundation campaigns manager ) next 
time I see him on IRC as well.

peace,
michael


Platonides wrote:
> The Free Software Foundation has launched a campaign to support Ogg
> http://www.fsf.org/resources/formats/playogg
>
> Wikimedia Commons is not on the Friendly Sites list. I have just sent 
> them an email pointing that, but someone from WMF (Jay?) may want to 
> also talk with them.
>
> I copy the brief below:
>
> I'm writing today to ask you to support the Play Ogg campaign 
> (http://playogg.org).
>
> Are you tired of constantly being prompted to download proprietary 
> software and plugins to play the videos and listen to the music you 
> want? Are you fed up with seeing new gadgets that only use incompatible 
> and restrictive audio and video formats? Did you know that it's not a 
> lack of technological know-how that causes this, but software patents 
> and other legal restrictions?
>
> Increasingly proprietary software companies like Microsoft, Apple and 
> Adobe are pushing video and audio formats that restrict access and 
> restrict software developers, but there is an alternative that can be 
> played on all computers without restriction—Ogg.
>
> Ogg provides professional grade multimedia formats. Ogg is used 
> extensively by free software projects, artists and a growing number of 
> music and video distributors.
>
> Soon over a million children and their families will be receiving the 
> One Laptop per Child XO computer designed to play and create Ogg files. 
> By advocating now for Ogg we can help ensure that those children will 
> gain access to, and not be unnecessarily restricted from thousands of 
> educational resources and materials on the web.
>
> Join us in advocating for Ogg right now by taking 4 Easy Steps: Install 
> VLC multimedia player, sign-up for the PlayOgg advocate mailing list, 
> find and share Ogg friendly sites, and put PlayOgg Buttons on your web 
> site or blog. After all that, if you are still looking for more to do, 
> consider encouraging others to do the same.
>
> Start here: http://playogg.org/
>
>
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