On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Niels Weber wrote: >> On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 00:18, Mike A. Harris wrote: >> > MP3 issue is not about to change until the patent expires, which >> > if calculations are correct is 17 years after it was filed. >> > >> what about a non us release? software patents isn't a problem everywhere >> in the world... :) >This is why you get the mp3 rpms easily from non US servers. And this is >why Mandrake (french) and SuSE (german) can distribute p3 capable stuff. >(it being not GPL compatible left aside) And has been said 500 times in the past as well *EVERY* single time this stupid MP3 debate comes up, Red Hat is a USA corporation, subject to the laws of the United States of America worldwide. Consult past discussions on various mailing lists, and an US IP attorney for further details. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat
