codec buddy pain

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, seth vidal wrote:

> That's what codeina has done - but it's brought something else into 
> relief. We have this software in the distro now that a big portion of is 
> providing a window for advertisements for closed-source codecs from 
> another company.
>
> That's the precedent that concerns me.

So which is the worse scenario?

1. Providing no support at all to MP3 users?

2. Encouraging MP3 users to break the law?

3. Pointing MP3 users to a legal solution that privileges a particular 
vendor -- with the possibility of including other vendors later?

There are no easy answers here.  If there we're, we'd have solved the 
problem by now.

--g

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