Here are some of my ideas for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Sun Jul 8 21:49:47 UTC 2007


Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 14:50 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> This whole thing started with the fact that you must go outside 
>> Fedora to get a system that really plays Movies.
>>     
>
> This whole thread would be a bit more bearable, with a bit more
> snippage.  There are *some* interesting points in it.
>
>   
>> I pay to get the DVD Movie. That should keep the bastards happy.
>>     
>
> As far as I'm concerned, the paying for the use of MPEG technology, if
> that royalty-reaping has to be done, should really be around what
> created the MPEG in the first place.  You shouldn't get stuck in the
> neck to just play the damn thing.
>
> The studio pays for the technique to encode it when they buy their
> equipment, you buy the playable disc/file, and you play it on whatever
> you can.
>  
>   
    Exactly!

Karl




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