On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 17:08 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:30 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > Absolutely, this is something we can and should fix in Maverick. We > > plan > > to be selling one or two bits of commercial software in 10.10, and for > > well-known legal reasons, DVD playback is likely to be one of those. > > Is it not possible to sell DVD playback functionality which is open > source? >
Well I presume that we would have to do a deal with the patent holders directly to sell licences for it. > The powerdvd functionality didn't compare well to libdvdcss, even if the > commercial app does tick the right boxes for the the DVD Forum and > DMCA's legal requirements. Thought I believe having a FOSS solution is > criminalised because of the DVD Forum refusing the license a key > component in a compatible way. > > Comical Note: who would have ever thought it was a worse criminal > offense to play a legally bought DVD on your legally bought computer > than playing an illegally bought one, such is the humor of Congress and > the DMCA. > > Martin IANAL. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
