X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/b9b224b8d9127739da294e27ec4ed061f7d42201..1aa71925ea469ee374cb41cfc86f120144c9e2cb:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 16be48941c..a702932abc 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,57 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Pledge for funding to the Gnash project to get AVM2 support + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Pledge_for_funding_to_the_Gnash_project_to_get_AVM2_support.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Pledge_for_funding_to_the_Gnash_project_to_get_AVM2_support.html + Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:45:00 +0200 + +<p><a href="http://www.getgnash.org/">The Gnash project</a> is the +most promising solution for a Free Software Flash implementation. It +has done great so far, but there is still far to go, and recently its +funding has dried up. I believe AVM2 support in Gnash is vital to the +continued progress of the project, as more and more sites show up with +AVM2 flash files.</p> + +<p>To try to get funding for developing such support, I have started +<a href="http://www.pledgebank.com/gnash-avm2">a pledge</a> with the +following text:</P> + +<p><blockquote> + + <p>"I will pay 100$ to the Gnash project to develop AVM2 support but + only if 10 other people will do the same."</p> + + <p>- Petter Reinholdtsen, free software developer</p> + + <p>Deadline to sign up by: 24th December 2010</p> + + <p>The Gnash project need to get support for the new Flash file + format AVM2 to work with a lot of sites using Flash on the + web. Gnash already work with a lot of Flash sites using the old AVM1 + format, but more and more sites are using the AVM2 format these + days. The project web page is available from + http://www.getgnash.org/ . Gnash is a free software implementation + of Adobe Flash, allowing those of us that do not accept the terms of + the Adobe Flash license to get access to Flash sites.</p> + + <p>The project need funding to get developers to put aside enough + time to develop the AVM2 support, and this pledge is my way to try + to get this to happen.</p> + + <p>The project accept donations via the OpenMediaNow foundation, + <a href="http://www.openmedianow.org/?q=node/32">http://www.openmedianow.org/?q=node/32</a> .</p> + +</blockquote></p> + +<p>I hope you will support this effort too. I hope more than 10 +people will participate to make this happen. The more money the +project gets, the more features it can develop using these funds. +:)</p> + + + Standardkrav inn i anbudstekster? http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Standardkrav_inn_i_anbudstekster_.html @@ -429,54 +480,5 @@ kollektivtrafikken i Oslo. Jeg synes det er hårreisende.</p> - - Terms of use for video produced by a Canon IXUS 130 digital camera - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Terms_of_use_for_video_produced_by_a_Canon_IXUS_130_digital_camera.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Terms_of_use_for_video_produced_by_a_Canon_IXUS_130_digital_camera.html - Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:55:00 +0200 - -<p>A few days ago I had the mixed pleasure of bying a new digital -camera, a Canon IXUS 130. It was instructive and very disturbing to -be able to verify that also this camera producer have the nerve to -specify how I can or can not use the videos produced with the camera. -Even thought I was aware of the issue, the options with new cameras -are limited and I ended up bying the camera anyway. What is the -problem, you might ask? It is software patents, MPEG-4, H.264 and the -MPEG-LA that is the problem, and our right to record our experiences -without asking for permissions that is at risk. - -<p>On page 27 of the Danish instruction manual, this section is -written:</p> - -<blockquote> -<p>This product is licensed under AT&T patents for the MPEG-4 standard -and may be used for encoding MPEG-4 compliant video and/or decoding -MPEG-4 compliant video that was encoded only (1) for a personal and -non-commercial purpose or (2) by a video provider licensed under the -AT&T patents to provide MPEG-4 compliant video.</p> - -<p>No license is granted or implied for any other use for MPEG-4 -standard.</p> -</blockquote> - -<p>In short, the camera producer have chosen to use technology -(MPEG-4/H.264) that is only provided if I used it for personal and -non-commercial purposes, or ask for permission from the organisations -holding the knowledge monopoly (patent) for technology used.</p> - -<p>This issue has been brewing for a while, and I recommend you to -read -"<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story/23236/Why_Our_Civilization_s_Video_Art_and_Culture_is_Threatened_by_the_MPEG-LA">Why -Our Civilization's Video Art and Culture is Threatened by the -MPEG-LA</a>" by Eugenia Loli-Queru and -"<a href="http://webmink.com/2010/09/03/h-264-and-foss/">H.264 Is Not -The Sort Of Free That Matters</a>" by Simon Phipps to learn more about -the issue. The solution is to support the -<a href="http://www.digistan.org/open-standard:definition">free and -open standards</a> for video, like <a href="http://www.theora.org/">Ogg -Theora</a>, and avoid MPEG-4 and H.264 if you can.</p> - - -