monica_b1998@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 3 days agoA 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linuxwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down17
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minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoNot for linux itself, no, but for desktos distros it makes it hard to keep it fully open source and free of proprietary stuff.
minus-squareusername_1@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 days agoI don’t actually remember when it was the last time I heard about divx. 10-15 years ago? I think that the title is clickbait and overdramatization.
minus-squarederek@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoIt’s an xda-dev article. Of course the title is over-dramatized clickbait.
Not for linux itself, no, but for desktos distros it makes it hard to keep it fully open source and free of proprietary stuff.
I don’t actually remember when it was the last time I heard about divx. 10-15 years ago? I think that the title is clickbait and overdramatization.
It’s an xda-dev article. Of course the title is over-dramatized clickbait.