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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/gnu thegnuproject.html |
Date: |
Sun, 25 Jun 2017 08:40:06 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 17/06/25 08:40:06
Modified files:
gnu : thegnuproject.html
Log message:
Talk about expiration of MP3 patents.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.85&r2=1.86
Patches:
Index: thegnuproject.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html,v
retrieving revision 1.85
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -b -r1.85 -r1.86
--- thegnuproject.html 16 Jun 2017 05:56:20 -0000 1.85
+++ thegnuproject.html 25 Jun 2017 12:40:06 -0000 1.86
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@
patent is invalid, and we can look for alternative ways to do a job.
But each of these methods works only sometimes; when both fail, a
patent may force all free software to lack some feature that users
-want. What will we do when this happens?</p>
+want. After a long wait, the patents expire (the MP3 patents are
+expected to have expired by 2018), but what will we do until then?</p>
<p>
Those of us who value free software for freedom's sake will stay with
free software anyway. We will manage to get work done without the
@@ -1057,7 +1058,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/06/16 05:56:20 $
+$Date: 2017/06/25 12:40:06 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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