[Gllug] Re: EU council streaming petition

[Jason Clifford]

On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Martin A. Brooks wrote:

> It's in a format I can view with an open source, GPLd piece of 
> software.  I can convert it to a format deemed more convenient if I 
> like.  It's a non-issue, it slashdot-like whining about perceived 
> rebukes to openness.  Get over it.

You don't usually loose freedoms all in one go. They are eroded by degree 
which is why it is important to defend on seemingly unimportant matters as 
well as obviously important ones.

Which GPL software includes legal codecs able to read WMV and other 
proprietary encoded data?

Are you sure that the use of such software does not violate the anti 
circumvention laws in arising from EUCD?

Jason
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