OT: Media format patents and commercial installations

Thu May 25 22:39:51 UTC 2006

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 08:00 +1000, David Timms wrote:
> eg. for mpeg2 / 4 playback I could use the various libraries available. 
> Does anyone know if other parties have been able to negotiate with the 
> patent holders (I guess MPEG) individual licenses for linux machines ? 
> Is it hideously expensive ?

Linspire has done it. For their for-profit distribution. And yes, its
hideously expensive.
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