Codeina and how to proceed
Alexandre Oliva
aoliva at redhat.com
Sun Mar 23 07:27:57 UTC 2008
On Mar 17, 2008, "Luis Villa" <luis at tieguy.org> wrote:
> Either say the mp3 stuff is non-free
But is it? Patents don't make Software non-Free, it's the use of the
power granted by a patent to stop people from enjoying the freedoms to
run, study, modify or distribute the software that makes the Software
non-Free.
Honest question: has anyone who actually ran or distributed mp3
decoders implemented in (otherwise-)Free Software ever been stopped
from doing so in countries where the patent encumbrances of mp3 apply?
Or have most just been scared of even trying?
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FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/
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