On Mar 17, 2008, "Luis Villa" <luis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Either say the mp3 stuff is non-free But is it? Patents don't make Software non-Free, it's the use of the power granted by a patent to stop people from enjoying the freedoms to run, study, modify or distribute the software that makes the Software non-Free. Honest question: has anyone who actually ran or distributed mp3 decoders implemented in (otherwise-)Free Software ever been stopped from doing so in countries where the patent encumbrances of mp3 apply? Or have most just been scared of even trying? -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
