"Denver Gingerich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, it is possible that the use of encoding software for MPEG-2 is > more actively litigated.
That is my impression. > Do you know which of these is the case? It would be nice to know > how Debian makes decisions on things like this. debian-legal talks about these things, but ftp-master makes the actual decisions. Ftp-master does not necessarily provide a reasoning for all of their decisions. > When it comes to patented codecs, what constitutes "safe enough"? > How does one determine if the patents for a codec are being > "actively litigated"? It is usually pretty clear. For example, the patent holders may be sending nasty letters to people. Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
