On 12/23/2009 03:34 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michael Cronenworth <mike@cchtml.com> said:
>> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
>>> (Yes, the irony of a talk on software patents being offered in MP3
>>> format is not lost on me.)
>>
>> Just think... one more year... one more year...
>
> It doesn't look like that is the case:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MP3#Patents

It's not one more year. I've got the dates written down somewhere, I
could dig them out if you want them, but it isn't soon.

~spot

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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> wrote:

On 12/23/2009 03:34 PM, Chris Adams wrote:

> Once upon a time, Michael Cronenworth <mike@cchtml.com> said:

>> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:

>>> (Yes, the irony of a talk on software patents being offered in MP3

>>> format is not lost on me.)

>>

>> Just think... one more year... one more year...

>

> It doesn't look like that is the case:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mp3#Licensing_and_patent_issues

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MP3#Patents



It's not one more year. I've got the dates written down somewhere, I

could dig them out if you want them, but it isn't soon.



~spot



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I'm not sure, but I think the mp3 patents would have all expired by 2021. So we have a LONG time to wait...
Here's where I got the list:*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:MP3#Expiration_of_Patents
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 15:14:40 -0600,
Sir Gallantmon <ngompa13@gmail.com> wrote:
> Then I guess we shouldn't have AJAX either, since Microsoft developed one of
> the core technologies behind AJAX.

And for the running foreign code on your machine adds extra risk above
just running a complicated beast like a graphical web browser.

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