Re: abandonware games

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 21:46 -0400, Austin wrote:

> > Well, test it. Install all other codecs (especially ffmpeg,
> > libffmpeg51 , gstreamer-ffmpeg and gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg, libfaad2_0,
> > gstreamer0.10-faad, gstreamer-faad...), remove win32-codecs, and see if
> > you have any files you can't play.
> > 
> > IMHO PLF is not about "let's make it easy for non-Stallman users". It's
> > about "let's provide useful software that we can't legally distribute
> > _in cases where the law is an ass_" (i.e. patents).
> 
> And in my opinion, PLF is not about Mandriva, and it's not about 
> non-Stallman users, and it's not about being useful.
> 
> I joined and contributed under the belief that it was about raising 
> awareness of the gray areas of intellectual property in general.  And 
> I'll pretty much divorce myself of the organization in general if that 
> is not the case.

My point is that there's really nothing grey about win32-codecs.
Software patents are a grey area. Flat out copyright infringement is
not.
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adamw
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adamw