[ale] Vista vs Linux

[Dow_Hurst]

Unfortunately that pretty much locks out legally most of the 1st world citizens, correct?  It definitely is a good idea though since it makes people stop and think for a second before breaking the law.  You know, if there was a single entity that you could pay a small fee to for all codec use and that entity kept a record of your legal payment, then we could all use the codecs without fear of reprisal.  Anyone want to make alot of money creating this entity?

Well, that was my idea for the day....
See you,
Dow


-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Pitts <bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu>
>Sent: Mar 27, 2007 1:48 PM
>To: ale at ale.org
>Subject: Re: [ale] Vista vs Linux
>
>Dow_Hurst wrote:
>> Next would have to be legal codecs, which any of the big distro 
>> distributors would have to license and pass on the fee to the consumer 
>> via purchaseable install DVDs.
>I've been using the beta of Ubuntu 7.04, and it does the next best 
>thing. Whenever Totem needs a codec that isn't installed in order to 
>play a file, it opens gnome-app-install and shows you the available 
>codecs that can handle the file. If they're patent restricted, it pops 
>up a window asking if it's legal for you to install them before doing so.
>
>
>-Brian
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