Re: GNOME strongly supports open standards including OpenDocument Format

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Richard M. Stallman wrote:

>    For example, people still feel that by default GNOME should ship with
>    stuff that makes it easy to encode to mp3 or rip CD's for their hardware
>    devices that do not support open formats; or that GNOME should play
>    DVD's.
>
> I think there is a misunderstanding--we are not talking about those
> issues, not now.  The issue at hand is encouraging governments to
> switch to free formats.
>  
Is it? What are we actually talking about?

The original referenced e-mail 
(http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2005-November/msg00177.html) 
is a technical opinion on how to make open standards as useful as 
possible in providing cross-platform/cross-desktop integration.

While I agree that lobbying individuals and governments to use open 
standards (especially in their interactions with the outside world, ie. 
file formats and network protocols) is a laudable one, I do not feel 
that was the main thrust of Federico's e-mail.

I may be alone, but I feel this thread may be in need of some clarification.

Thanks,

Andrew