[MPlayer-dev-eng] FFII software patent demo, politics, KiSS

[Enrico Weigelt]

* D Richard Felker III <dalias at aerifal.cx> [2004-04-19 16:24:02 -0400]:

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> I'm against any kind of "patent-warning" in MPlayer. It discourages
> people from using good codecs. Better to get people used to having all
> the codecs they should, so that they're outraged when some stupid
> corporation tries to tell them they have to stop.
hmm, good argument.

but we should also encourage people to help us stopping software patents.
large banners or texts on the website and links to FFII would help
very much.


cu
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