On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Todd Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This proposal asks to move to a "free as in beer" model, where content > will > > be free to view, but not necessarily to reuse > > > I'm not sure this is correct. > > There are two different implementations possible. > * Accept MP4 and support a transcoding toolchain, but only show readers and > editors patent-unencumbered* formats. > I think this is an excellent idea, and something we should implement. > +1 > > * Accept MP4 and support transcoding as above, show readers and editors > patent-unencumbered formats by default, and allow them to download the > original file if they wish. This would allow people using toolchains that > only support MP4 to continue to edit one another's work without themselves > having to implement a transcoding toolchain on the client side. Again, the > default presentation for anyone who doesn't know what they are doing would > be unencumbered, but we would be more extensively providing a server-side > transcoding toolchain for users who do not or cannot [depending on whether > they have full control over the hardware they use]. > > Lionel writes: > > Most of the time it is a bad idea to upload a video without any form of > editing. Most of the time you need to > > remove at least the begining and the end of a video file. > > Just because that video is incomplete doesn't mean it is a bad idea to > share. As with text, we should be able to upload drafts and work on them > online. This sort of basic editing is something we should support online > post-upload. Forcing uploaders to have an offline editing toolchain in > order to be able to share material is unnecessary; the uploader doesn't > have to be the one to refine the result. > > Sam. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nTVAmstteM> Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] https://donate.wikimedia.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
