"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Microsoft just got fined 1.5e9 dollars (yes, 1.5 billion with a > "b") for patent violations with respect to playing mp3's under > ms-windows. > > s/playing/conversion/ > > Playing a MP3 does not infringe on the patent. > > My question is, how will this effect free/open formats like > ogg-vorbis? > > Only possible effect it can have is a positive, people will wake up > to the fact that software patents are completely absurd.
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