Holger Levsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 07 October 2008 09:03, Robert Millan wrote: >> Unclaimed patents are precisely the reason we don't have any MPEG encoders >> in Debian (see http://techliberation.com/2006/05/11/mpeg-patent-thicket/). > > Wrong. We dont have mpeg encoders in Debian because those patents are being > enforced.
Can you please backup that claim? The best reference for patent enforcments I have is http://www.mpegla.com/news.cfm. However none of those lawsuits are comparable to debian, becuase: a) debian/spi is a non-profit organisation b) debian does not sell hardware I therefore don't think that we have any evidence that would backup your claim. I asked ftp-master several time for clarification on this point, however I have not been given ANY answer on this topic. If someone has more details, please followup on [1] and/or [2]. [1] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2008-September/002040.html [2] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2008-September/002066.html -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
