On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 11:05:58AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
Hi,
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
enforce
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 11:08:38PM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
>
> You're absolutely right, it's a clone, albeit one officially endorsed by
> those being cloned. My package description is sourced from a
> debian-multimedia package, I'll post a replacement to the ITP shortly.
Thanks.
> However, one
Hi,
On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 15:24 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The description is misleading. This is (AFAICT) not an implementation of a
> standard but a clone product, like wine, and much like wine it lags behind to
> the real one. Please make that clear in the description to avoid lea
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:33:48PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> [2] http://www.microsoft.com/interop/msnovellcollab/moonlight.mspx
Btw, an independent analisys of that covenant is available:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080528133529454
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Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy
On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 03:24:26PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > Description : open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight
> >
> > [...]
>
> Hi,
>
> The description is misleading. This is (AFAICT) not an implementation of a
> standard but a clone product, like wine, and much li
According to the authors of Moonlight [1], this software is covered by patents
owned by Microsoft, which has rules specificaly forbidding re-distribution
to parties that are "Downstream recipients" [2].
This seems to indicate it would be illegal for Debian developers in the US
to:
- Use Moonli
On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 01:07:16PM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Jo Shields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> * Package name: moon
> Version : 0.8.1
> Upstream Author : Everaldo Canuto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others
> * URL : http://www
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