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Re: x264 for Debian



On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 20:39:32 -0500 Arc Riley wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 12:09:39AM +0000, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
[...]
> > The patent situation is unfortunate.  Nevertheless, the H.264 codec
> > is being adopted by broadcasters throughout the world.  For good or
> > bad, the codec is here to stay for a while.
> 
> I'm not arguing that.  Broadcasters are implementing any number of
> proprietary  methods.  They are a direct threat to software freedom
> and need to be  boycotted by the free software community.  To do
> otherwise is to put ourselves  in a legally disadventagous position
> while further supporting those who seek  to promote proprietary
> software.

Another 100 % agreement!

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