Re: very rough pre-gep tentative new modules list
- From: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
- To: jrb redhat com (Jonathan Blandford)
- Cc: daniel_b_mann hotmail com (Dan M.), alan redhat com, louie ximian com, desktop-devel-list gnome org, gnome-hackers gnome org
- Subject: Re: very rough pre-gep tentative new modules list
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:17:32 -0400 (EDT)
> > "interpret" an mp3, even though I have never seen the code used to
> > produce the mp3, am I breaking the law in the US or EU?
>
> It doesn't matter if you've ever seen any code implementing the
> algorithm -- the codec is patented.
In the USA. Its important to stress that most of this is a US problem.
The chinese, iranians, ... can all do this. Even if the proposed EU
patent changes were to occur the EU would allow this under its exemptions
for compatibility
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