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Richard Seguin ubuntu at nb.sympatico.ca
Sat Oct 13 09:21:27 UTC 2007


We are not immune... If you infringe on a patent,  you will still be 
charged. 

Just as a side note:  I know I'm not a moderator... but maybe you could 
have used a subject line that is a little more descriptive then a period?


helane wrote:
> btw, how the patent infringement that ms is talking about in us will 
> affect canada? anybody knows?
>
> helane.
>
>
> Corey Burger wrote:
>   
>> On 10/12/07, helane <helane at o2.pl> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> hello...
>>>
>>> when i installed ubuntu few months ago i had to install some propietary
>>> driver to run my compaq presario v3000. is there any way to check which
>>> one it was? and any other to replace it?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Try the latest liveDVD and see if the restricted manager picks it up.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> also are libdvdcss2 and w32codecs legal in canada? or as us not
>>> completely legal to use in ubuntu...
>>>     
>>>       
>> Yes for libdvdcss2 (they only violate patents) and no for
>> w32codecs(this is completely illegal everywhere, as it is direct copys
>> of the actual code written by Real, MS, etc.)
>>
>> Corey
>>
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