Re: [bongo-devel] Re: bongo.el --- flexible and usable media player

[Richard Stallman]

    >     On the other hand, I believe --- and please correct me if I
    >     am wrong --- that VLC in fact does not encourage use of
    >     non-free software.  Why don't they brag about this more?
    >
    > I do not know, but I speculate that they are supporters of the open
    > source philosophy rather than the free software philosophy.  The idea
    > of open source is that you should aim only for making software
    > powerful and reliable.  That world view does not suggest that freedom
    > is worth fighting for.

    Why, then, do they not recommend the non-free codecs that
    would make VLC more powerful?

I don't know what they think -- I can only try to guess from
what they do and say.