After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> 'Play OGG': FSF launches free audio format campaign
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> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-fsf/2007-05/msg00001.html
And take note:
What is most frightening, and underscores the landmine metaphor often
used to describe software patents, is the recent $1.5B preliminary
judgment against Microsoft. Microsoft thought it had a paid-up
nonexclusive license to practice the patents in MP3. This judgment
demonstrates that there is no good way to protect yourself from these
threats. The only viable solution right now is to switch to OGG, and
work for the abolition of software patents."
> Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
>
> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel-lucent-says-15-billion-not/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B7D3262%2DF68F%2D4BEC%2D94C1%2D5C0A0EEE8021%7D&siteid=yhoof
Alcatel-Lucent has asserted that the two MP3 patents were developed
and solely owned by researchers at Bell Labs, its research and
development unit. Microsoft has countered that it properly licensed
the related technology through the Fraunhofer Institute, which at
one point had a research relationship with Bell Labs.
What a tangled web.
Could Microsoft really have been lax in its patent research?
--
"Spock, you're nothing but a damn computer!"
"Why, thank you, Doctor!"
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