John R Pierce wrote: > Michel Daggelinckx wrote: >> Its more about europe forceing us to use closed source software. >> I also wonder if decodeing WMV on linux is legal. >> This might give the same problems as MP3 does. >> > > > Nearly all media formats contain various patented intellectual > property. So do many streaming algorithms. For instance, all the > various MPEG layers are full of patented IP. > > Seems like the real agenda is to force the EU to use Ogg Vorbis or > something equally obscure, so that the windows/mac world has to suffer > through as much complexity as the FOSS world is used to. Ah, so the fact that it can be viewed with an existing tool doesn't seem to matter to them. *shrug* In any case, this has absolutely nothing to do with CentOS so perhaps the original poster can find a more appropriate venue to engage in rabblerousing....