On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:20 PM, Neal Gompa <ngompa13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 6:41 AM, Tom Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 01/30/2018 01:07 PM, Sérgio Basto wrote: >>> someone asked in ask site [1] >>> >>> Can Fedora consider allowing the package "libmpeg2" into the Fedora >>> family for the next release? >> >> Patent situations are rarely as simple as they appear to be, but we are >> investigating what we can do here. >> > > Any updates to the situation? The date has since passed, and even > MPEG-LA has acknowledged MPEG-2's new patent-free situation[1]. > > It'd be nice to have the ability to create DVDs within Fedora itself. > > [1]: http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/M2/Pages/PatentList.aspx I am confident Fedora Legal will announce anything on this topic as soon as they possibly can. Asking about it 6 days after that patent expired is both unrealistic and unhelpful. Legal matters are very complicated and take time. josh _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
