David Gerard wrote: > It would be a simple matter of programming to have something that > allows upload of encumbered video and audio formats and re-encode them > as Ogg Theora or Ogg Vorbis. It would greatly add to how much stuff we > get, as it would save the user the trouble of re-encoding, or > installing Firefogg, or whatever. > > So why don't we do this? Has it been officially assessed as a legal > risk * (and I mean more than people saying it might be on a mailing > list **), has no-one really bothered, or what? > > * until the Supreme Court uses in re Bilski to drive the software > patents into the ocean, cross fingers. > ** though I fully expect people will now do so anyway > > - d.
Isn't Firefogg good enough? That's the solution being developed. IANAL but I have heard concerns that there would be problems if the reencoding is done server side instead of at the client. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
