Free software and video codecs (was: ANN: Chandler 1.0)

[Ben Finney]

Kay Schluehr <kay.schluehr at gmx.net> writes:

> On 11 Aug., 04:43, "SPE - Stani's Python Editor"
> <spe.stani... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > As an open source project please be kind to Linux users and provide
> > also your screencasts in open source video standards such (as ogg
> > video) instead of only mov and flash.
> 
> Since it is an open source project you can add this functionality if
> you like it.

The program may be free software, but the video is not.

The option of properly re-encoding the video is only available for
those who have free access to the "source", i.e. the original video in
lossless format. Since (according to Stani) the video is only
available to him in non-free, lossy Flash or Quicktime, that qualifies
as neither of "free access" nor "lossless format".

The originator of the video, on the other hand, presumably has both,
and is in a position to re-encode the video in an open and free format
such as Ogg Theora or Ogg Dirac, and make it available to others.

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Ben Finney