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

[Reinhard Tartler <siretart@debian.org>]

Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> writes:

> Our users weight the quality of our product against the risk of liability
> that it carries.  I think it's obvious we need some balance.  In some cases
> (e.g. Linux, Glibc or X11) the risk is low and quality strongly depends on
> them; in others (e.g. MPEG encoders) the risk is high and our users don't
> really miss anything if we don't ship it.

I disagree that our users miss the MPEG encoders. They do already, badly.

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4