[Fsfe-uk] Re: lessig.org site supporting Adobe's proprietary Flash format

[Lawrence Lessig]

Links to the mpeg4 and Theora files are immediately below the flash  
version. they both immediately download the file.
On Feb 26, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

>    Actually, the file is available from the link on the site in mpeg
>    format,
>
> Are the Flash and mpeg versions given equal prominence in your page?
>
>    and it can be downloaded, and we're building technology that
>    automatically converts it to theora.
>
> Making a Theora file from an mpeg4 file loses quality.  Really the
> Theora file should be made from the high quality master, just as the
> mpeg4 file would be.
>
> It doesn't look good for the Free Software Movement if you treat
> our format as a poor relation.

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