Re: promoting free media codecs from GNOME



On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:38 -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> You'd be surprised.  Many of know the term MP3 but don't actually
> understand it.  I've heard two friends call wave files "Wave format
> MP3s" for example.  There's also no guarantee that users who own
> equipment like an iPod know much about them other than that they're
> music players.  Perhaps it was given as a gift, or perhaps the consumer
> just bought it because his/her friends said they're "cool."

You can't predict all cases of ignorancy, you can only help by teaching.

Many won't even be able to distribute mp3 support due to software
patents.

So you're left with educating.

Rui

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