Why are (unencrypted) DVD players forbidden?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul  5, 2005, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva (aoliva at redhat.com) said: 
>> So what's the excuse to not include such nice software as Ogle and
>> libdvdread (but not libdvdcss)?

> MPEG2 (and AC3, IIRC) are both patented. Which makes it pretty
> much a moot point.

Then the web page should say so, and not place all of the blame on the
DMCA.  [checks web page]  Cool, fixed :-)  Thanks!

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