The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 15, 2022 5:38 UTC (Sat) by scientes (guest, #83068)
In reply to: The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions by bferrell
Parent article: The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

I think Bender from Futurama, who runs on the MOS-6502 like the Apple ][, should celebrate. A world of software patents is a world of the robots, for the robots, and by the robots.

The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 15, 2022 9:13 UTC (Sat) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454) [Link] (1 responses)

Naw, it’s world of the lawyers, for the lawyers, and by the lawyers.

Let’s people decide by themselves which one is worse :).

The disabling of hardware codecs in community distributions

Posted Oct 20, 2022 11:39 UTC (Thu) by philipstorry (subscriber, #45926) [Link]

I admire your optimism.

But it's actually a world of robot lawyers, for robot lawyers, by robot lawyers.

In eons to come, alien probes will visit what was once our world. And their first interaction will be a query about which licenses they hold, along with a demand for an audit to ensure compliance.