Reinhard Tartler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > A more significant distinction is, as I've pointed out several
> > times already, that the Fraunhofer patents on MPEG audio
> > algorithms *are known to be actively enforced* by the holder
> > against parties who infringe those patents.
>
> Please back up that claim!
I expect you're already aware, but just for reference:
Fraunhofer IIS-A sent letters to software developers on and around
1998-09-01 that stated, in part:
From your publications and your web-site we learn that you
distribute and/or sell decoders and/or encoders that use the MPEG
Layer-3 standard.
Our files do not show that you have a valid license agreement with
us. This means that the products infringe the patent rights of
Fraunhofer and THOMSON.
To make, sell and/or distribute products using the standard and
thus our patents, you need to obtain a license under these patents
from us.
<URL:http://www.chillingeffects.org/patent/notice.cgi?NoticeID=464>
> All cases I know of in which patents are being enforced are not
> really applicable to the debian case, because of reasons I've
> already written down in the beginning of this thread.
As I understand your reasons, you're saying that the recipients of
Debian who might want to “make, sell, and/or distribute” MPEG
Layer-3 encoders or decoders, using works from Debian, are in a
minority. Correct?
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