[fab] discussion topics for red hat ceo

[Warren Togami]

Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> - Force the invalidation of the mp3 patents via estoppel
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel) We know that lots of other
> distributions are including mp3 support (and have been for years, with
> no legal reprocussions), we're the odd duck out. Thomson has to enforce
> that patent for everyone, not just for Red Hat, for it to stay valid. I
> say we re-enable mp3 support in Fedora Core 6, and call out Thomson on
> their poor patent enforcement.

Thomson allegedly had a patent on MP3 for a few years prior to when they 
began collecting royalties.  Apparently failure to enforce their patent 
earlier didn't prevent them from asserting it later, after the industry 
using it grew.

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com