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VLC & European Patents

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the going-to-get-worse-before-it-gets-better dept.

CaptScarlet22 writes " VideoLAN is seriously threatened by software patents due to the numerous patented techniques it implements and uses. Also threatened are the many libraries and projects which VLC is built upon, like FFmpeg, and the other fellow Free And Open Source software multimedia players, which include MPlayer, xine, Freevo, MythTV, gstreamer."

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  1. Waiting twenty seconds... by Ads+are+broken · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...for this sweet first post!

    1. Re:Waiting twenty seconds... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      not quite ... try again.

    2. Re:Waiting twenty seconds... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You stupid fucking cunt. You can't even do that right.

  2. OMFG! by Asshat+Canada · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who gives a shit? Euro? BAH!

  3. Re:More info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. Extreme! by dodem · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:More info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. Re:This is exactly why... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Then why will some movies only show at half speed or with broken sound on WMP??

    It's not WMPs fault. That's what your mum looks and sounds like when she's being fucked by a donkey. She's a fat dirty cunt so it's not surprising she moves slow.

  7. Re:More info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try also the sublime directory.