Josh Steiner wrote:
of course microsoft is already battleing dozens of patent lawsuits over windows...
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1661094,00.asp
all software is riddled with patent violations, even our beloved PD.
like the one : 'creating a program that produces sound from the soundcard' ?? ( and oh, sorry, we can't decipher jpg images too )
be against patents like the european will be, i hope. otherwise, you'll never be free again.
for video formats, we'll be only using theora soon ( and theora streemed on icecasr), so, yeh we could avoid some patents problems.
sevy
slimboyfatboyslim wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuits/
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