Ubuntu and Multimedia Patents: An Introduction

“If you’re like me, you don’t put much thought into where your
multimedia codecs come from: you run a quick “apt-get install
gstreamer-plugins-ugly” on new installs and move on to more
important things. But not everyone’s like me, and as Ubuntu moves
increasingly into government and the workplace, patent and
licensing issues are becoming more and more important for many
Ubuntu users.

“Over the next couple weeks, we’ll be writing about multimedia
patents and the Ubuntu community. This first post outlines the
situation and explains why multimedia patents matter more than you
may think. Linux and patents

“The Linux community has a long history of shirking restrictive
software patents and licenses, which should not surprise
anyone.”

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