> -----Original Message----- > From: Colburn [mailto:kd4e@xxxxxxxx] > Sent: Mon, May 26, 2003 7:20 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Extra programs for Red Hat > > > Could RedHat utilize an auto-conversion utility to make mpeg files > something open source friendly before they are ever opened? > > I am guessing that if the mpeg were never actually run in > native format > if the theoretical legal fears could be neutralized? They would need to ship an mpeg decoder for that, so it won't resolve the issue.