[vlc] Re: libdca

[Gildas Bazin]

On Sunday 13 February 2005 01:11, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Rémi Denis-Courmont <courmisch at via.ecp.fr> writes:
> 
> >  Hello,
> >
> > Le Samedi 12 Février 2005 04:10, Chris and Amy Spinelli a écrit :
> >>     I need a i686.rpm packge for SuSE 9.2 in order to
> >> play certain DVDs correctly with MPlayer (ones with
> >> the dts sound track).  Is there any chance you could
> >> e-mail me the package?  I know you are not making it
> >> publicly available, and I would not post it on any
> >> website or distribute it to any individual or
> >> corporation.  If not, do you when the package might
> >> become available again?
> >
> > Mind you, this mailing list is archived and the archive is publicly 
> > available, and I don't want to make a fool of myself...
> >
> > Unfortunately, I really can't provide it to you right now. That said, 
> > you can find the source in many place, such as, for example, any Debian 
> > FTP mirror. Note that I advise you don't use it because it is our 
> > belief that you'd be infringing on DTS patent, unless someone prove it 
> > wrong in the mean time.
> 
> I was of the impression that software patents were invalid in most
> places outside the USA.  Please enlighten me if I'm missing something.
> 

You're indeed missing something.
DTS Inc have recently obtained a European patent on DTS Coherent Acoustics 
(yes, software patents already exist in Europe).

http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=CN1208489&F=0&RPN=EP0864146&DOC=deb45b02a96927e0985109c18941e8b85f&QPN=EP0864146

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Gildas

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