Paul F. Johnson wrote: > gcj IIRC is clean room > That doesn't apply to patents, only copyrights. You can infringe on a patent without ever even knowing it existed. That's why patents are so feared. > > I for one hope this news item is true and it'll be a part of Fedora Core. > > Same here. Then when that happens we can have mp3 and mpeg support > returned as well as libcss (which again is only a claim of patent > infringement). > > We do have Mono now, but we're not going to be getting MP3 or MPEG. Those have actual claims that have withstood the courts backing them up. Unless a good, open license appears, we have to wait for those patents to expire. As for libcss, that isn't just about patents. The bigger concern there is the DMCA. The CSS decryption code is one of few things you can be more sure we will not be getting than MP3. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx http://www.n-man.com/ -- Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/
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