On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 1:21 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > I am aware of this. I elected to send the email because of three things: 1. Tom's response was on Feb 1, and it is now Feb 19 (18 days since his reply). 2. MPEG-LA made a change on their website about the patent situation. 3. It was nearly a week after the expiration. I felt it was justified to reply and inquire as well as present the new information. I do not appreciate being chastised as if I'm being a troll. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
