www/philosophy why-audio-format-matters.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/06/25 08:10:24

Modified files:
        philosophy     : why-audio-format-matters.html 

Log message:
        Mention coming expiration of patents in 2018.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/why-audio-format-matters.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.23&r2=1.24

Patches:
Index: why-audio-format-matters.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/why-audio-format-matters.html,v
retrieving revision 1.23
retrieving revision 1.24
diff -u -b -r1.23 -r1.24
--- why-audio-format-matters.html       12 Apr 2014 12:40:49 -0000      1.23
+++ why-audio-format-matters.html       25 Jun 2017 12:10:24 -0000      1.24
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
 distribution formats <a href="http://xiph.org/about/";>is available</a>.</p>
 
 <p>The Free Software Foundation have also produced <a 
href="http://playogg.org";>a user-friendly guide to installing Ogg Vorbis 
support in Microsoft
-Windows and Apple Mac OS X</a>.</p></blockquote>
+Windows and Apple Mac OS X</a>.</p>
+
+<p>The patents covering MP3 will reportedly all have expired by 2018,
+but similar problems will continue to arise as long as patents are
+permitted to restrict software development.</p>
+</blockquote>
 </div>
 
 <p>If you produce audio for general distribution, you probably spend
@@ -183,7 +188,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:49 $
+$Date: 2017/06/25 12:10:24 $
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