Gabucino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Glenn Maynard wrote: >> One version of VirtualDub could read ASF files, and that was quickly removed. >> That was back in 2000, and I just checked: the news entries appear to have >> fallen off the site. > There is a significant part to these patent enforcement stories: they all > happen on Win32 platform. Microsoft has never enforced media patents on Linux > market, as far as I know.
That's irrelevant if they actually own the patent: the goal is not to avoid getting sued, it's to avoid breaking the law. If you've found a violation of the DFSG in xine, please file a serious bug against xine-ui or libxine1, as appropriate. -Brian
