(Mark Shuttleworth:) Binary-only codecs, nyet
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| Ubuntu has included firmware, and used proprietary drivers since its
| inception. That?s always been a slightly uncomfortable proposition, as
| Mako observed, but it's been true since the Warty Warthog.
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http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/84
Also see:
A Challenge To Canonical, Red Hat, Novell, Linspire, and All Linux
Distributors: Put Up or Shut Up
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| A carrot-and-stick approach ought to do the job. The carrot is
| developer support, community goodwill, and increased sales. Thes
| tick is all those nice Linux customers spend their money elsewhere,
| plus the usual public carping on mail lists, forums, and blogs.
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| So what do you say, Linux distributors? Does this sound unreasonable?
| Can you please take a time out from endlessly forking and doing your
| own things, and finding more excuses to bundle binary proprietary code,
| and instead work together to resolve this problem?
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http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/75435/index.html
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