everyday multimedia not supported in Ubuntu (Re: 3 days from the release, 3 machines, a few issues.

[Behrang Saeedzadeh]

LOL! We should be happy that the idea of an "Operating System" is not patented!

-Behi

On Apr 8, 2005 7:16 PM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 11:05 -0400, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> > This may be a rather noobish question, but can't Linux do with MP3
> > decoding what was done with Microsoft's Word file format: that is, we
> > don't have a Linux version of the application, but Linux applications
> > which read the MS format?
> 
> Not in most jurisdictions, because mp3 is patented. Patents cover
> the /idea/ not the implementation. You are prohibited to have the same
> idea. Well, maybe not have (IANAL), but you must not use it in any case.
> 
> > For me, the only reason I
> > boot into Windows is to allow my young daughter to play online games
> > which rely on Shockwave.
> 
> Codeweavers has a commercial implementation of Wine which can run many
> browser plugins (including shockwave) and other Windows software
> (Office, ...). See http://www.codeweavers.com/
> 
> > Isn't that a goal worthy to strive for, rather than
> > bickering over whether this or that file format violates some personal
> > or organizational bias?
> 
> I don't think anybody does that. However there are serious legal issues
> with many formats in many jurisdictions, and understandably nobody wants
> to go to jail of pay hefty fines.
> 
> Kind regards, M
> 
> 
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