Explaining Open Standards email attachements

[Ben Finney]

Matthias Kirschner <mk at fsfe.org> writes:

> - Audio: Use ogg vorbis, or if you need a better quality flac.

Or, if you need specifically human speech, use Speex.

> - Images: ...

Fortunately there aren't many problems using free software for the
popular image formats. SVG for vector images, PNG for lossless raster
images, and JPEG for lossy raster image compression. (The patents
against JPEG can, in my not-a-lawyer opinion, be ignored as no more
dangerous than any software idea patent.)

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Ben Finney