www/gnu thegnuproject.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       18/03/30 20:35:24

Modified files:
        gnu            : thegnuproject.html 

Log message:
        MP3 patents have expired.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.88&r2=1.89

Patches:
Index: thegnuproject.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/gnu/thegnuproject.html,v
retrieving revision 1.88
retrieving revision 1.89
diff -u -b -r1.88 -r1.89
--- thegnuproject.html  1 Jan 2018 06:21:52 -0000       1.88
+++ thegnuproject.html  31 Mar 2018 00:35:24 -0000      1.89
@@ -851,7 +851,9 @@
 compressed <acronym title="Graphics Interchange Format">GIF</acronym>s.
 [As of 2009 they have expired.]  In 1998, a free program to produce
 <acronym title="MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3">MP3</acronym> compressed audio
-was removed from distribution under threat of a patent suit.</p>
+was removed from distribution under threat of a patent suit.  [As of
+2017, these patents have expired.  Look how long we had to wait.]
+</p>
 <p>
 There are ways to cope with patents: we can search for evidence that a
 patent is invalid, and we can look for alternative ways to do a job.
@@ -1058,7 +1060,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2018/01/01 06:21:52 $
+$Date: 2018/03/31 00:35:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>