[FFmpeg-cvslog] [ffmpeg.org]: r65 - trunk/src/legal

[The Wanderer]

Robert Swain wrote:

> On 17 May 2007, at 20:06, michael wrote:
> 
>> Author: michael
>> Date: Thu May 17 21:06:53 2007
>> New Revision: 65
>> 
>> Log:
>> clarify "protection money"
>> 
>> 
>> Modified:
>>    trunk/src/legal
>> 
>> Modified: trunk/src/legal
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- trunk/src/legal	(original)
>> +++ trunk/src/legal	Thu May 17 21:06:53 2007
>> @@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
>>  will come after their protection money. Most notably, MPEG-LA (licensing authority) is
>>  vigilant and diligent about collecting for MPEG-related technologies.
>> 
>> +<P>
>> +<B>Q: You called the patent license fee protection money, is this a joke?</B>
>> +<BR>
>> +A: No, the legal validity of these patents is highly questionable, still in
>> +the current jurisdical systems it is very easy to ruin a company with patents
> 
> "judicial"?

The common term is "judiciary system", though I'm not 100% certain that
that is the correct usage in this context.

(The committed text needs some cleanup in terms of commas and so forth,
but I don't see any immediately obvious improvements to suggest right
offhand.)

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       The Wanderer

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