Le vendredi 23 mars 2007 14:46, Maik Merten a écrit : > Romain Beauxis schrieb: > > Well, check for mpeg4 decoders in main archive.. > > I think you are missunderstanding his point, because a patent is not > > directly related to the freeness of the code. > > If we were to remove all software that is subject ot patent threats, we > > would remove most of our archive I fear... > > To legally use MPEG4 you have to pay fees. Not only is MPEG4 encumbered > by patents, they're enforced, too. Same for MP3. To my knowledge no MPEG > patents are installed by default on Debian - for good reasons.
This always the same story.. Patents are registered 'a priori', and owning a patent does not implies that it is justified in any ways. Patents must be treated as a threat, not a legal binding that will enforced by the law. There is plenty of archive on this subject in and out of the debian project, so I don't think this debate worth to be continued here.. Romain http://minilien.com/?Nz1w2Xc6Ri -- Preacherman, don't tell me, Heaven is under the earth. I know you don't know What life is really worth. It's not all that glitters is gold; 'Alf the story has never been told: So now you see the light, eh! Stand up for your rights. Come on!
