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Re: Why not use a "patended" section for programs with patent problems?



On 10/20/06, Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org> wrote:
Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> The current sitution means that debian restricts itself more than it
> has to. Debian could give users in many, but not all countries, access
> to popular technologies (in particular mp3, mpeg-2 and mpeg-4
> encoders), but doesn't. Why not?

Fabian Greffrath and I are working on something similar, but we're not
yet done. Thanks for your patience.

Great!!
Hope to hear about it soon!

Cheers,

-Pascal
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