On Thursday 22 February 2007, jim tate wrote:
How will this affect Linux using MP3
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I doubt it will have any long term effect, as IMO the suite was baseless in the first place, and now we've had a died in the wool, red white & blue judge who probably whistles yandee doodle while trimming his roses in the back yard make a ruling that on the face of it, goes against everything we know about MP3, eg Fahnhoffer own the patent and who the hell is this alcatel/lucent if not just another patent troll? What rights do they claim they have to kick a dog in this fight?
Surely this will be summarily tossed at the next appeals court hearing?