On Jul 5, 2005, Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Alexandre Oliva (aoliva(a)redhat.com) said:
> So what's the excuse to not include such nice software as Ogle and
> libdvdread (but not libdvdcss)?
MPEG2 (and AC3, IIRC) are both patented. Which makes it pretty
much a moot point.
Then the web page should say so, and not place all of the blame on the
DMCA. [checks web page] Cool, fixed :-) Thanks!
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