{"id":2022,"date":"2009-12-18T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2022-moonlight-2-released-no-microsoft-codecs-unless-you-get-it-from-novell.html"},"modified":"2009-12-18T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T12:02:52","slug":"moonlight-2-released-no-microsoft-codecs-unless-you-get-it-from-novell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2022-moonlight-2-released-no-microsoft-codecs-unless-you-get-it-from-novell.html","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight 2 released; no Microsoft codecs unless you get it from Novell"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mono Project has released Moonlight 2<\/a>, its implementation of Silverlight for Linux. I tried my own database application<\/a> and was pleased to find that it works fine; better than it did with the earlier release.<\/p>\n

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Note the right-click menu which offers some handy debugging features as well as the invitation to \u201cInstall Microsoft Media Pack\u201d. If you choose this, you get a dialog offering the Microsoft codecs which are downloaded from Microsoft, not from Mono servers. You have to agree a EULA that restricts use to Moonlight running in a web browser. <\/p>\n

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That last bit is intriguing; it seems Microsoft is trying to prevent desktop or out-of-browser Moonlight (or Mono) from taking advantage of its codecs. <\/p>\n

So what is in Moonlight 2? Miguel de Icaza explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Moonlight 2 is a superset of Silverlight 2. It contains everything that is part of Silverlight 2 but already ships with various features from Silverlight 3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Those additional features include the pluggable pipeline, easing animation support, writeable bitmaps, and partial out-of-browser support. Further, de Icaza says:<\/p>\n

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We are moving quickly to complete our 3 support. Microsoft is not only providing us with test suites for Moonlight but also assisting us in making sure that flagship Silverlight applications work with Moonlight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is also a new patent covenant that:<\/p>\n

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ensures that other third party distributions can distribute Moonlight without their users fearing of getting sued over patent infringement by Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That said, the media pack is a source of friction. Only the Novell Moonlight distribution will raise the above dialog to install the Microsoft codecs; others will have to make their own arrangements; at least that is how I understand de Icaza\u2019s post.<\/p>\n

It seems an odd restriction, and means that most users should download from Novell.<\/p>\n

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