On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 00:17 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Gregory Maxwell wrote: > > Codec patents are generally not 'software patents' in the common > > patent-speak meaning of the words. > > But they most likely cannot be enforced against pure software. However, in > some European countries (e.g. Germany), you can get in trouble for shipping > things like hardware MP3 players without a license (even if the MP3 codec > is implemented in software), some devices got confiscated at CeBit. > > Kevin Kofler >
Which leads to some fuzzyness, like what about a computer vendor selling PCs with Fedora preloaded? Does that constitute a "hardware device"? -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature! identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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