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Som de fleste har fått med seg den siste tiden så er det veldig stort oppstyr rundt programvarepatenter i EU. Grunnen til at jeg tar opp dette er at jeg var innom mplayerhq.hu i dag:

 

Closed for patent infringement

 

This site has been shut down because of numerous patent violations in MPlayer. The other free software multimedia players are next.

 

The European commission has just passed its directive on software patents, violating democratic rules and procedures to the sole benefit of big non-European corporation and Ireland and to the detriment of small and medium sized businesses (which comprise 99% of the European software industry) and free software.

 

The European parliament will now be taking the last stand against software patents in a voting for which an absolute majority is needed. Such a majority is hard to come by in a parliament with a low attendance level.

 

But not all is lost yet as long as you decide it is time to make a difference and take action. This is our last opportunity to fend off software patents worldwide, there will be no second chance for the foreseeable future. Contact your local EU representatives and educate them why software patents are bad and why they must attend that parliament session to vote against them. For in-depth information and starting points to get active visit software patent page of the FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure) and NoSoftwarePatents.com.

 

Wish us luck, we will need it.

 

Hva blir det neste? Hvilken effekt vil dette få på Linux?

 

Anbefaler alle til å sjekke ut http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com

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Oppdatering:

 

The end draws near...

 

FFmpeg is seriously threatened by software patents due to the numerous patented techniques it implements. Also threatened are the many programs built upon FFmpeg, like the free software multimedia players MPlayer, xine, VLC, avifile, gstreamer.

 

The European commission has just passed its directive on software patents, violating democratic rules and procedures to the sole benefit of big non-European corporation and Ireland and to the detriment of small and medium sized businesses (which comprise 99% of the European software industry) and free software.

 

The European parliament will now be taking the last stand against software patents in a voting for which an absolute majority is needed. Such a majority is hard to come by in a parliament with a low attendance level.

 

But not all is lost yet as long as you decide it is time to make a difference and take action. This is our last opportunity to fend off software patents worldwide, there will be no second chance for the foreseeable future. Contact your local EU representatives and educate them why software patents are bad and why they must attend that parliament session to vote against them. For in-depth information and starting points to get active visit software patent page of the FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure) and NoSoftwarePatents.com.

 

Wish us luck, we will need it.

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Men det har vel ikke blitt vedtatt (ennå)?`Var det ikke sånn at de sa at de skulle prøve seg en gang til, men dersom det *nok en gang* ble avvist, så skulle de gi opp? Så "stengningen" av mplayerhq er vel pr. i dag en slags demonstrasjon?

 

Når de har nektet det hundre ganger før, hvorfor skulle de plutselig snu og kjøre igjennom loven nå?

 

Hvilke land vil da stå igjen? vil dette bety at distroer etc. må rebasere seg til Kina etc. - i alle fall ha serverene sine der?

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Vel, nå var vel mplayer så kontroversiell som det gikk an å bli, sjekker du endel diskusjoner mellom mplayer-utviklere og Debian-utviklere finner du utrolige påstander, bl.a. ble alle deres brudd på rettigheter forsvart med ytringsfrihet. Mulig det var kulturelle forskjeler ute å gikk, men mplayer-utviklerne virket ikke særlig imponerende.

 

Det mest overraskende er at mplayer fortsatte så lenge som de gjorde.

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