[Wikipedia-l] Video uploaded...

[Christopher Mahan]

> > But it's for your [or avid
> > clueless windows users'] own good.

How about allowing people to do what they want, including making
mistakes. It's what freedom is about.

As far as ogg and ogm and theora and all that stuff:

I agree in theory that this is the best, for licensing issue when
distributing the wikipedia, to have audio and video not formatted in
proprietary, patent-encumbered, or licensed codecs.

I also agree that the user should not have to jump through hoops.

I propose that both ogg/ogm files AND mpeg/mp3/whatever files be
available, online. Offsite CD/DVD dists should have only the ogg/ogm,
but those CDs and DVDs could also include viewers for the files.


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