Re: [orca-list] Alsa-OSS Politics?

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

I don't believe these are political issues.  Instead, they are 
historical issues -- who created what with which libraries, who still 
maintains their code, what's changed, etc.  As a result, it's kind of 
like a patchwork quilt.

Will

Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
> I have seen in a couple of places, most notably on the Orca FAQ, that 
> there are political issues preventing Orca from using the Alsa-OSS for 
> speech output by default.  This allows Orca to speak while other audio 
> is playing.  Curiosity is killing me...what on Earth are these political 
> issues?  It seems ridiculous that any sort of political issue can be so 
> important as to cause such irritation, particularly for non-techie blind 
> computer users wanting to make the transition.  I just got through 
> helping my girlfriend get ESpeak routed through Alsa-OSS, and I don't 
> understand why this can't be the default.  What are these mysterious 
> political issues?
>
> Josh de Lioncourt
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