Rodney Dawes <rodney.da...@canonical.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 04:44 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: >> On Tue, 2011-10-11 at 09:39 -0400, Rodney Dawes wrote: >> > The Fluendo plug-in is the only fully legal MP3 codec >implementation >> > there is to use. >> >> You don't know that for sure Dobey, libmad has never gone to court >and >> it's status is a guess. Perhaps a very good guess, but a guess just >the >> same. Of course if we took the same actions for other free software >with >> patent issues we'd also mark the linux kernel as non-free and kick >that >> out too. *inconsistent* > >Given that libmad is GPL and has not paid license fees to implement the >MP3 codec, it is not legal. Whether or not you disagree with the >validity of patents or not is irrelevant. Under the current laws, the >Fluendo implementation is currently the only legal one in countries >where patents hold any weight in the legal system. Let's not turn this >thread into an argument about patent issues. Fine, but independent of this specific instance "patented" is not the standard relevant for Ubuntu. No non-trivial software is not affected by patents, so Ubuntu only worries about actively enforced patents. Scott K -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
