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Re: mpeg encoder patents, Was: Bug#501190: ITP: moonlight



Hello Ben and *,

Am 2008-10-08 00:07:18, schrieb Ben Finney:
> Reinhard Tartler <siretart@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > The best reference for patent enforcments I have is
> > http://www.mpegla.com/news.cfm.
> > 
> > However none of those lawsuits are comparable to debian, becuase:
> > 
> >  a) debian/spi is a non-profit organisation
> >  b) debian does not sell hardware
> 
> Many recipients of Debian do meet one or both of those descriptions.

First of all, there are a waste minority (I thing under 0.1%) and I  see
this as discrimination of private users.

And of course, I have only "main" in my sources. list  and  sometimes  I
forget that "non-free" exist (e.g. bash-doc and others)  :-/

> The DFSG require the works distributed in Debian be free for all
> recipients of Debian, not just for the Debian project.

But this would mean,  I  am  discriminated,  not  to  use  mpeg-encoding
privately.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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