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From: |
rsiddharth |
Subject: |
www/philosophy free-digital-society.html |
Date: |
Sat, 6 May 2017 00:54:54 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: rsiddharth <rsd> 17/05/06 00:54:54
Modified files:
philosophy : free-digital-society.html
Log message:
[RT#1211204] Add MP3 patent expiration footnote.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-digital-society.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.22&r2=1.23
Patches:
Index: free-digital-society.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-digital-society.html,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -b -r1.22 -r1.23
--- free-digital-society.html 15 Dec 2014 10:51:03 -0000 1.22
+++ free-digital-society.html 6 May 2017 04:54:53 -0000 1.23
@@ -240,18 +240,20 @@
keep up and make free software to play those files; so it has almost
the same effect as being secret.</p>
-<p>Then there are the patented formats, such as MP3 for audio. It's bad
-to distribute audio in MP3 format. There is free software to handle MP3
-format, to play it and to generate it, but because it's patented in many
+<p>Then there are the patented formats, such as
+MP3<a href="#f1"><sup>1</sup></a> for audio. It's bad to distribute
+audio in MP3 format. There is free software to handle MP3 format, to
+play it and to generate it, but because it's patented in many
countries, many distributors of free software don't dare include those
programs; so if they distribute the GNU+Linux system, their system
-doesn't include a player for MP3. As a result if anyone distributes some
-music in MP3, that's putting pressure on people not to use GNU/Linux.
-Sure, if you're an expert you can find a free software and install it,
-but there are lots of non experts, and they might see that they
-installed a version of GNU/Linux which doesn't have that software, and
-it won't play MP3 files, and they think it's the system's fault. They
-don't realize it's MP3's fault. But this is the fact.</p>
+doesn't include a player for MP3. As a result if anyone distributes
+some music in MP3, that's putting pressure on people not to use
+GNU/Linux. Sure, if you're an expert you can find a free software and
+install it, but there are lots of non experts, and they might see that
+they installed a version of GNU/Linux which doesn't have that
+software, and it won't play MP3 files, and they think it's the
+system's fault. They don't realize it's MP3's fault. But this is the
+fact.</p>
<p>Therefore, if you want to support freedom, don't distribute MP3
files. That's why I say if you're recording my speech and you want to
@@ -1062,6 +1064,13 @@
Foundation through that site. […] There is also the Free Software
Foundation of Europe fsfe.org. You can join FSF Europe also. […]</p>
+<h3 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h3>
+
+<ol>
+ <li id="f1">As of 2017 the patents on playing MP3 files have
+ reportedly expired.</li>
+</ol>
+
</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
<div id="footer">
@@ -1119,7 +1128,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/12/15 10:51:03 $
+$Date: 2017/05/06 04:54:53 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy free-digital-society.html,
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