On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:48 +0000, gord wrote: > On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:11 +0000, Benjamin Webb wrote: > > I thought I'd point out > > http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11077.asp , the response to the > > petition to stop software patents. Apparently software patents are > > already illegal in the UK. > > > > Does this mean that it is legal for us to install MP3 codecs > > (including using automatix) or are these patented as algorthims rather > > than just software. > > > > Thanks, I'd like to know whether what I do is legal :) > > Ben Webb > > > > yes software patents arn't and have never been acknowledged by the uk > government, that petition was about keeping it that way. you can install > mp3 codecs and the like just fine, although i implore you to never ever > use automatix, its unsupported and you will find no help from most other > ubuntu users, its caused us a lot of headaches in the past.
Yes, you should just follow https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats in future; or at least until Feisty and easy-codec-installation is out. -- Help me get to Venezuela! http://tibsplace.co.uk/venezuela -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
