www/philosophy savingeurope.html

[rsiddharth]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     rsiddharth <rsd>        17/05/06 00:55:59

Modified files:
        philosophy     : savingeurope.html 

Log message:
        [RT#1211204] Add MP3 patent expiration footnote.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/savingeurope.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.29&r2=1.30

Patches:
Index: savingeurope.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/savingeurope.html,v
retrieving revision 1.29
retrieving revision 1.30
diff -u -b -r1.29 -r1.30
--- savingeurope.html   12 Apr 2014 12:40:45 -0000      1.29
+++ savingeurope.html   6 May 2017 04:55:59 -0000       1.30
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@
 lawsuit.</p>
 <p>
 In the US and some other countries, free software
-for <abbr title="MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3">MP3</abbr> is impossible; in
-1998, US developers who had developed free <abbr>MP3</abbr>-generation
-programs were threatened with patent lawsuits, and forced to withdraw
-them.  Some are now distributed in European countries&mdash;but if the
+for <abbr title="MPEG-1 Audio Layer
+3">MP3</abbr>(<a href="#ft3">3</a>) is impossible; in 1998, US
+developers who had developed free <abbr>MP3</abbr>-generation programs
+were threatened with patent lawsuits, and forced to withdraw them.
+Some are now distributed in European countries&mdash;but if the
 European Patent Office makes this planned change, they may become
 unavailable there too.</p>
 <p>
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@
 which I believe does not do so.  I wrote to their legal department to
 ask for clarification and/or a change in the policy, but received no
 reply.</li>
+
+<li><a id="ft3"></a>As of 2017 the patents on playing MP3 files have
+reportedly expired.</li>
 </ol>
 
 <hr />
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:45 $
+$Date: 2017/05/06 04:55:59 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>