[WikiEN-l] Re: Should MP3 files be allowed on wikipedia - Current ongoing discussion.

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

actually there is a plugin for directshow ( which windows media player uses ). 

Furthermore, shouldnt we also reccomend Ogg FLAC; Ogg Speex and Ogg
Theora on that page, perhaps move it to Wikipedia:Media, or better yet
to meta as it concerns all projects.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:08:58 -0700 (PDT), Mark Richards
<marich712000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I agree, there is no compelling reason not to use ogg
> or something else that is free. Is there a
> 'mainstream' player (wmp, real or something) that
> plays ogg these days?
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales" <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > Neil Harris wrote:
> > > Although they state: "More in general, no license
> > fee is expected
> > > for desktop software decoders/players that are
> > distributed
> > > free-of-charge for personal use." (Section 2.1.1,
> > page 4), this does
> > > not appear to cover other possible Wikipedia uses
> > such as access to
> > > Wikipedia over mobile devices running free
> > software.
> >
> > Yes, 'free-of-charge for personal use' may be
> > gratis, but it isn't
> > libre.
> >
> > --Jimbo
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