Red Hat's "Cowardice" against Software Patents
Eric S. Raymond
esr at thyrsus.com
Wed Apr 5 21:06:45 UTC 2006
Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta at gmail.com>:
> On 4/4/06, Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> > No, but refusing to carry MP3 decoders when there is no patent block
> > on them is.
>
> Why do you continue reiterating the assumption that there is no patent
> block on mp3 decoders?
I have not in fact made that assertion. I don't regard the question as being
factually settled one way or the other.
What I know atthis point is that Fraunhofer has a royalty schedule for
decoders. I don't know if there's an actual patent behind that. My
informant has expressed skepticism; I anm simply in fact-finding mode.
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