[gull] mplayer Closed for patent infringement

[Gilbert Robert]

Je viens de tomber la dessus  sur le site de Mplayer!
http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/
C'est très très inquiétant ...


Gilbert

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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).

Wish us luck, we will need it.


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