On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 07:25:24PM -0500, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: > On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 12:30:39AM -0700, Ramiel G. wrote: > > > > > Does anyone know if there are any DVD players out there for Linux? > > > > Due to restrictions on the decoding algorithms and (I presume) the specs > > for chips used in hardware decoders there aren't any. > > hmm... > > i believe that is not true > > due to patents problem, it is impossible to have open-source > software only DVD player. It is possible however to have: > Hmmm. Does anybody know if these patents apply in the UK or Europe? It seems ridiculous that they are pushing to make this technology commonplace, when you have to pay to use it, effectively. Do CD's work on this basis too? frankie -- ,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. > Frankie Fisher | Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that < > frankie @ | the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of < > skunkpussy.freeserve.co.uk | reasons, will somehow work for the benefit < > PGP Key available on request. | of us all. -- John Maynard Keynes < `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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