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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. Not under immediate threat of closure by reddazz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quite a few opensource projects are carrying the same message but non of them have been threatened by anybody yet. Last year other opensource projects like Knoppix were carrying the same message. I think the messages on their websites are a shock tactic to make people in Europe oppose the introcduction of software patents.

  2. HIstory (Re:More info) by Bob_Robertson · · Score: 0, Troll

    In recent history, Europe had to deal with another interventionist government. In the particular situation I'm thinking of, 10 million of the governments own citizens were killed.

    When are people going to realize that interventionist governments are destructive to their own citizens well being? The "EU" is no different.

    --
    The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics