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From MP3 to OGG: Freeing Sound from the Chains of Proprietary Software

Posted by dcparris on · 3 comments
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a campaign to convert the world to OGG, a non-proprietary alternative to MP3 audio files. It’s called the PlayOGG Campaign. Here’s the pitch:

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Comments (3)

Teron ·
"In contrast, OGG files – short for Ogg Vorbis – are in the public domain"

What the...

The format itself is PD, not files encoded with it?
dcparris Story submitter ·
From the Ogg-Vorbis website: http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#flic
techiem2 ·
haha. Nice catch.

Other than that little glitch, nice little article.

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