Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> MP3's Loss, Open Source's Gain
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Now, with a cloud over the de facto industry standard, companies that
>| rely on MP3 may finally have sufficient motivation to move on. And
>| that raises some tantalizing possibilities, including a real long
>| shot: Open-source, royalty-free formats win.
> `----
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/culture/music/0,72785-0.html?tw=wn_technology_1
>
Did you see this line:
Notably, its royalty-free claims have not been sanctioned by
MP3 patent-holders and companies that adopt it could wind up
with exactly the same legal headaches that Microsoft suffered
this week over MP3.
Since when did /software/ patent holders get to sanction alternative
software? This whole system has turned into a FUD circus, where
comentators are more interested in what the players think than what any
reasonable legal position might be. There is only one solution here -
end software patents forthwith, and adopt open-source implementations.
Bring on GPL3, too.
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