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Here in +</I>>><i> > France, where Mageia.org, the association is based, the rule is +</I>>><i> > softwares are not eligible to patent so i would say that there is no +</I>>><i> > need to apply restriction +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> >> == And DVDCSS, etc? +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> > What's in etc ? +</I>>><i> > However, here in France we have a law "Dadvsi" on which the Conseil +</I>>><i> > Constitutionnel (something like American Suprem Court) has statuted that +</I>>><i> > the law could not prevent exception of decompilation and the exception +</I>>><i> > of circumvention of DRM if this is for interoperability. In other words +</I>>><i> > the use of libdvdcss is allowed for interoperability. +</I>>><i> > So for me, Mageia can come with libdvdcss and other tools for +</I>>><i> > interoperability +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> > About codec, you may know that VLC is based in France and hosts some +</I>>><i> > projects useful for interoperability. Since the start of the project in +</I>>><i> > 1996, i don't remember VLC being sued for such projects. So let's +</I>>><i> > provide codec by default with Mageia for a better "user experience" :) +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> > These are my first comments +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> > Olivier +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Mageia won't be installed only in France; those patents still apply in +</I>>><i> other countries so not all patent restrictions can be dropped. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And going that way you will have to drop each software that will break a law +</I>><i> in a country ... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Olivier +</I>><i> +</I> +I said "not all patent restrictions can be dropped"; it's not a +lift-all-restrictions-and-hope-it-works-out sort of deal here :) + +Not all patents are enforceable in a court of law, however some of them are. + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001088.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001092.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1089">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1089">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1089">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1089">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |