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Canonical Explains Decision to License H.264 For Ubuntu

Posted by timothy on from the less-painful-to-pay dept.

tux writes with this snippet from The Register: "Ubuntu's commercial sponsor Canonical has tried to clarify how — if not why — it has licensed a closed-source and patented codec for video on PCs running its Linux. Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264, from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264."

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  1. Re:heh by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wine all you want, open-source fanatics.

    [Emphasis mine.] I think you meant whine. Oh wait, maybe you didn't.

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  2. Re:Thank The FSF/GNU Nutcases by LinuxIsGarbage · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean we have to give up Hurd?

  3. Re:H.264 IS OPEN SOURCE!!!! by dangitman · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can argue symantecs

    Or, we could argue Nortons and McAffees.

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  4. Re:Good thing by obarthelemy · · Score: 3, Funny

    When I request a Linux feature, the usual response is "go develop it"... If you want Ubuntu, and the WWW, to not have to use H.264, the solution is easy: develop something better.

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