ubuntu aims (Re: Idea for expanded support of some non-free software

[Philippe Landau]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
>>>>of these, multimedia is the one lacking most, 
>>>>so it would justify the biggest attention.
>>>Sure, and we're working on it, but throwing in unsupportable 
>>>proprietary software is not the right way to solve the problem. :-)
>>is there another way to solve the problem ?
> There aren't a lot of really great solutions to the problem 
> of proprietary formats and protocols, 
> particularly those that are patent encumbered, no.
open source is there to change this.
in the transition period,
there is no way around supporting mainstream proprietary formats.
is it possible to have at least one canonical team member
work on this full time ?

> However, we can increase demand for unencumbered formats 
> such as the Xiph stable - Ogg with Vorbis, Speex, Theora, etc. 
great, how could canonical contribute to this ?

> We can provide opportunities for people 
> to provide legal and licensed software for using encumbered
> formats like DVD, everything mpeg, mp3, etc.
excellent. is this possible ?