Hi,
(splitting into a dedicated subthread, and reordering top-posted reply.)
Austin English wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:38 AM, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
>> Austin English wrote (07 Mar 2016 03:05:46 GMT) :
>>> That said, including win32 codecs is probably worthwhile.
>>
>> Don't hesitate elaborating if you think it's worth it :)
> Well, as emmapeel said when libdvdcss originally was discussed:
> "I think access to culture is a very important right for people, and I
> would be happy that Tails helps to make access to restricted/corporate
> culture more easy, providing a framework to criticize it and create
> their own."
I see a bunch of .dll files in the w32codecs tarball I got (there
seems to be various flavours of it, so it might be that we're not
talking of the same thing; in which case it would be nice to specify
more clearly what exactly is being proposed for inclusion).
I am sensitive to the "access to culture" argument up to a point, but
including closed-source binary code that runs on the main CPU is quite
far beyond that point; to be clear, it's in veto-land for me.
Cheers,
--
intrigeri
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