On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 08:04:10PM +0100, Hereward Cooper wrote: > On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 19:50, Joe Drew wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 14:11, Jérôme Marant wrote: > > > AFAIK, libdvdcss implements DECSS which is a patented algorigthm > > > that we are not even allowed to ship (even in non-us). > > > > IIRC, CSS is not patented anywhere. > > I didn't think it was. > Isn't the problem that the movie industry has veto over DVD decoders, > and for a decoder to be 'legal' it has to be given the industries seal > of approval? The problem is that after fighting over USA for the free-speech Vs. patents, DeCSS has been found a piece of code that cannot be published nor linked (2600 Magazine case, see [1]). Debian publishing the code might encounter legal problems with the issue. Jesse References: [1] http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/20020703_eff_2600_pr.html -- Jesus Climent | Unix System Admin | Helsinki, Finland. http://www.HispaLinux.es/~data/ | data.pandacrew.org ------------------------------------------------------ Please, encrypt mail address to me: GnuPG ID: 86946D69 FP: BB64 2339 1CAA 7064 E429 7E18 66FC 1D7F 8694 6D69 ------------------------------------------------------ Registered Linux user #66350 Debian 3.0 & Linux 2.4.19 Roz, you're looking fabulous today. Is that a new haircut? --Mike (Monsters, Inc.)
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