On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 18:01:55 -0500 Arc Riley wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:45:12PM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
[...]
> > That said, VP3/Theora can hardly compare with H.264 in terms of
> > coding efficiency. There really is no viable alternative in some
> > situations. Microsoft's WMV9/VC1 comes close but I'm sure it has
> > every bit as non-free licensing terms.
>
> This argument has nothing to do with the freeness of it, or it's
> compliance to the DFSG, but instead seems to be arguing that it's
> patent status should be ignored because it's superiority over free
> codecs makes it OK to ignore the ethical concerns over it.
>
> This is the same argument used to promote the nvidia binary drivers.
> Something being useful is not a valid argument to ignore it's
> proprietary nature. This is what non-free exists for.
100 % agreement.
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