[MPlayer-users] Windows binary availability?

Jacek Popławski jpopl at interia.pl
Mon Dec 17 17:17:24 CET 2001


On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 05:38:14PM +0100, Alexander Werth (gmx) wrote:
> Most "software patents" are not patented code but a patented procedure
> of doing something. So for examlple they patented the way to pack media
> data into asf streams. That's allowed at least in germany and in most
> other european countries too (though I wouldn't give it the credits of a
> patent because it lacks the technical new aspekt).

So what companies can do to mplayer? I don't know how it looks in Hungary, but
I think in Poland that patents are not working. So if mplayer will be banned it
could be still put in east european server. 

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