Maik Merten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Recently Apple joined the discussion and questioned if the Ogg formats > should get such a recommendation ( > http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2007-March/010392.html > ). The following discussion implies Apple wants to see MPEG4 being used > for embedded video in browsers. These codecs are not free (they demand a > fee for it) and restrict distribution of software containing them.
> This would mean Debian may have to strip support for <video> from all > shipped browsers. That would mean many Debian users can't legally access > parts of the web. Your second paragraph above doesn't follow from your first. Even if the standard for <video> says to use MPEG4, I assume that it will follow the same model as the rest of HTTP and the video will be a separate object with its own MIME type. Given that, there's absolutely nothing preventing Debian from shipping browsers with <video> support for the Ogg formats, regardless of what the standard says is the recommended codec. Similar things have been done in the past. -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
