[tlug] Open Codecs (was Re: [CoLoCo] RESPECT MICROSOFT)

[Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On Aug 20, 2007, at 7:58 AM, Josh Glover wrote:
> On 19/08/07, Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com> wrote:
>
> > How many MP3-players are out there for Linux where you can say that
> > they are legally using the codec (which means have licensed it)?
>
> Which is a great argument for Ogg Vorbis or FLAC.

The whole discussion just lets me think - what are actually free (as  
in beer) codecs and container-formats (actually - are there  
containers that have to be licensed?) for music and video?

Niels