On Monday 08 March 2004 21:34, Holger Waechtler wrote: > Ralph Metzler wrote: > >Oliver Endriss writes: > > > And, unless there is a hardware or firmware CSA descrambler on the card, you > > > will never be able to decrypt pay-tv in a legal way. > > > IANAL, but I don't think that anyone can write a CSA descrambler under GPL. > > > >There already are plenty available under GPL. > >But you might get problems with the patent if you do not have enough money > >to defend yourself against (currently actually still) illegal software patents. > > right, some lawyers might run amok, but you should be able to win the > lawsuit -- at time of patent application it was definitely not possible > to protect software, mathematical formulas and algorithms by patents in > europe.
Well, any valunteers here who can spend millions of $ to find out? Oliver -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
