[Solar-general] Fw: [hipatia] MPlayer cierra su página a causa de las patentes

[Daniel Olivera]

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:13:30 +0100
From: Ernesto Jerónimo Meza <ejmeza en jamerica.com.ar>
To: Coordinadores-Hipatia <coordinadores-hipatia en listas.hipatia.info>
Subject: [hipatia] MPlayer cierra su página a causa de las patentes


Gracias UE!

http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/index.html
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Closed for patent infringement
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This site has been shut down because of numerous patent violations in 
MPlayer.
The other free software multimedia players are next.

The European commission has just passed its directive on software
patents,
violating democratic rules and procedures to the sole benefit of big
non-European corporation and Ireland and to the detriment of small and 
medium
sized businesses (which comprise 99% of the European software industry)
and
free software.

The European parliament will now be taking the last stand against
software
patents in a voting for which an absolute majority is needed. Such a 
majority
is hard to come by in a parliament with a low attendance level.

But not all is lost yet as long as you decide it is time to make a 
difference
and take action. This is our last opportunity to fend off software
patents
worldwide, there will be no second chance for the foreseeable future. 
Contact
your local EU representatives and educate them why software patents are 
bad and
why they must attend that parliament session to vote against them. For 
in-depth
information and starting points to get active visit software patent
page 
of the <http://swpat.ffii.org>
FFII (Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure) 
<http://swpat.ffii.org> and
NoSoftwarePatents.com <http://nosoftwarepatents.com>.

Wish us luck, we will need it.

Enter the MPlayer homepage while it is still available. 
<http://mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html>
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Ernesto Meza
GLU#251304

"Conocimiento es poder" - Francis Bacon


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