[LINK] Linux codecs [Was: Role of Government in National ICT Policy]

[David Boxall]

On 29/02/2012 9:03 AM, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> It is not a software problem - it is the decoder. ...
Which you chose not to install. MP3 codecs are available for Linux 
(LAME, for one). They just aren't in most distros, out of the "box", for 
perverse legal reasons. I gather we can't legally play a DVD under Linux 
either, but that doesn't stop anyone (nor even slow them down much).

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