Hi,
> gcj IIRC is clean room
>
That doesn't apply to patents, only copyrights. You can infringe on a
patent without ever even knowing it existed. That's why patents are so
feared.
That is *utterly* insane. I edit a programmers magazine in the UK and
from you're saying just about every piece of code anyone submits is
prone to patent infraction.
I would imagine that with things going so badly for SCO that they will
soon be claiming that "a linear progression with an increment of a
pointered article which performs a predefined series of algebraic
operations with the purpose of progressing an unclear pathway" is
theirs. To the rest of us it means
for (int a = 0; a < 10; ++a)
{
a + m > a * 8 ? x = true : x = false;
if (x) // x is unclear until defined.
return;
m++ ;
}
> Same here. Then when that happens we can have mp3 and mpeg
support
> returned as well as libcss (which again is only a claim of patent
> infringement).
>
>
We do have Mono now, but we're not going to be getting MP3 or MPEG.
Those have actual claims that have withstood the courts backing them
up.
Where? I'm yet to see anything in Europe where the patents have been
proven for either of them and they are both under the seemingly constant
cycle of approved (monday) - appealed (tuesday) - repealed (wed) -
appealed (thur) - denied (fri) - appealed (sat)
Unless a good, open license appears, we have to wait for those
patents to expire.
Is the gstreamer-mp3 thing not a good case for this?
As for libcss, that isn't just about patents. The
bigger concern there is the DMCA. The CSS decryption code is one of few
things you can be more sure we will not be getting than MP3.
Bloody DMCA. Biggest and daftest piece of US legislation ever purchased.
TTFN
Paul
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