[vdr] Re: cDevice plugin API

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

On Thursday 16 January 2003 12:35, you wrote:

> Efforts like the MP3 hazzle will finally only make these algorithms
> to become extinct and to be replaced by better, free and open source
> algorithms.
>
>   Stefan

You would be right if softwarepatents don't come up. But if they are coming 
nearly all trivial things will be patented by big companies, and if not the 
claim they have a patent for it and OSS-developer won't have the money for 
fighting it.

software-patents == death of opensourcesoftware

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