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From: Miguel F. <mig...@us...> - 2005-06-06 23:15:20
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Update of /cvsroot/xine/xine_www/documentation/static In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv18776/documentation/static Modified Files: swpat.html Log Message: importing mplayer's "free software multimedia threatened by sw patents" page Index: swpat.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/xine/xine_www/documentation/static/swpat.html,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- swpat.html 10 Apr 2004 08:49:23 -0000 1.4 +++ swpat.html 6 Jun 2005 23:15:09 -0000 1.5 @@ -1,127 +1,207 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> - <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> -<!-- design by Benjamin Henrion <bh_at_udev_dot_org> http://bh.udev.org --> - +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> - <head> - <title>NO Software Patents in Europe</title> + +<head> + <title>Free Software Multimedia Threatened by Software Patents</title> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css"> body { - background: #222; - font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; - } - - h1 { - color: red; - font-size: 300%; - margin-top: 0.3em; - margin-bottom: 0.3em; - - margin-left: 5%; - margin-right: 5%; - text-align: center; - } - - h2 { - color: red; - font-size: 150%; - font-style: italic; - font-weight: bold; - margin-top: 0.3em; - margin-bottom: 0.3em; - - margin-left: 15%; - margin-right: 15%; - text-align: center; - } - - a { - color: red; - font-weight: bold; - outline: none; - text-decoration: none; - } - - a:hover { - text-decoration: underline; - } - - #content { - background: #eee; - - padding: 1em; - border: 2px solid #ff8a00; - - margin-left: 15%; - margin-right: 15%; - } - - #footer { - color: white; - font-style: italic; - font-size: smaller; - text-align: center; - } + background: #272621 url(images/background.jpg) repeat; + margin: 0; /* Firefox wants this */ + padding: 0; /* Opera wants this */ + color: #D3D0BE; + font: 12px arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;} + + a[href] img:hover { + outline: #CACABA solid 1px;} + + a:link, a:visited { + color: #888870; + font-weight: bold; + text-decoration: none;} + + a[href]:hover { + font-weight: bold; + color: #CACABA; + text-decoration: underline;} + + + #menu { + background: url(images/left.jpg) no-repeat #303028; + width: 205px; + padding-top: 200px; + text-align: right;} + + #menu div:hover, #menu li:hover { + background-color: #202020} + + #menu div, #menu li { + padding: 0.2ex 2ex; + border-top: solid 1px #2A2722;} + + #menu ul { + display: inline; + padding: 0; /* Firefox wants this */ + margin: 0; /* Opera wants this */} + + #menu li { + display: block;} + + #menu span.mirror { + font-size: smaller} + + #textarea { + background: url(images/textarea.jpg) no-repeat; + padding: 1em;} + + img { + border: 0;} + + table.border_table, table.border_table td, table.border_table th { + border: 1px solid; + border-collapse: collapse; + padding: 0.5ex;} + + table.border_table th { + font-weight: bolder; + font-size: larger; + text-transform:uppercase;} + + dt { + font-weight: bolder;} + + + .newsentry { + margin-bottom: 8ex;} + + .newsentry h2 { + clear: both;} + + .poster { + font-size: smaller; + color: #A3A194;} + + .mirror { + font-size: smaller;} + + .screenshots div { + float: left; + width: 220px; + height: 190px;} + + .center { + text-align: center;} + + .left-inset { + float: left; + margin: 0; + border: 0; + padding: 1em;} + + .right-inset { + float: right; + margin: 0; + border: 0; + padding: 1em;} + + .left-box { + float: left; + background-color: #303028; + margin: 1em; + padding: 1em;} + + .right-box { + float: right; + background-color: #303028; + margin: 1em; + padding: 1em;} + </style> </head> - <body> - <h1>NO Software Patents in Europe</h1> - <h2>10 days of web strike Vs 20 years of patent nightmare</h2> +<body style="padding:1em;"> + +<h1>The end draws near...</h1> + +<p> + +<strong> + Multimedia is a + <a href="http://wiki.ffii.org/Mpegla05En">patent minefield</a>. + All important techniques, formats and standards are covered by broad + and trivial patents that harm progress and make independent + implementations hard or impossible. Thus xine and the + other free software multimedia players, like + <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/">MPlayer</a>, + <a href="http://videolan.org/vlc/">VLC</a>, + <a href="http://avifile.sf.net/">avifile</a>, + <a href="http://gstreamer.net/">gstreamer</a> + and especially <a href="http://ffmpeg.org/">FFmpeg</a>, which + provides the framework all of the above players use, are seriously + threatened by software patents. Already companies are succeeding + at driving multimedia libraries out of existence with + <a href="http://videolan.org/libdca.html">legal threats</a>. + +</strong> +</p> + +<p> + The Council of the European Union has adopted its so-called + "Common Position" on software patents, + <a href="http://wiki.ffii.org/Cons050307En">violating democratic rules and procedures</a> + to the sole benefit of big multinational (mostly non-European) + corporations and Ireland and to the detriment of small and medium + sized businesses (which comprise the majority of the European + software industry) and free software. +</p> + +<p> + If the European Parliament fails to rally an absolute majority (367) + of all members of the European Parliament - not just an absolute + majority of the attending members - for substantial amendments in + July, then the Council's directive will become law and the hunting + season for US-style software patent enforcement in Europe will begin. + Such a majority is hard to come by in a parliament with a low + attendance level. +</p> + +<p> + But not all is lost yet as long as <strong>you</strong> 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. +</p> + +<p> + <a href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">Signing petitions</a> will not + suffice. Contact your local EU representatives and educate them why + <a href="http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/industry-at-risk.html">software patents are a bad idea in the first place</a> + and why they <strong>must</strong> attend that parliament session to + vote against them. Make it clear that they need to stop the + <a href="http://wiki.ffii.org/LtrFfiiCons050308En">machinations of the Council of the European Union</a> + + and reaffirm the power of the EU parliament, the only democratically + elected EU institution. + For in-depth information and starting points to get active visit the + <a href="http://noepatents.eu.org/index.php/NO_Software_Patents">NO Software Patents!</a> + campaign, the + <a href="http://swpat.ffii.org">software patent page of the FFII</a> and + <a href="http://nosoftwarepatents.com">NoSoftwarePatents.com</a>. +</p> + +<p> + Wish us luck, we will need it. +</p> + +<hr> + +<p> + <a href="/index.php">Continue on xine website >>></a> +</p> - <div id="content"> - <p> - We are protesting against <a href="http://webshop.ffii.org">software patents</a> in Europe. - </p> - - <p> - Most software will become <a - href="http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/cons0401/index.en.html">illegal - to use in Europe</a> if this dangerous directive is adopted without proper - amending. - </p> - <p> - The <a - href="http://swpat.ffii.org/players/bolkestein/index.en.html">Commission</a> - and the <a - href="http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/europarl0309/cons0401/index.en.html">Council - of Ministers</a> are <b>covertly</b> pushing for <b>unlimited</b> patentability of software, - heavily lobbied by multinationals and patent lawyers. - They are ignoring the <a - href="http://www3.europarl.eu.int/omk/omnsapir.so/pv2?PRG=CALDOC&FILE=20030924&LANGUE=EN&TPV=DEF&LASTCHAP=31&SDOCTA=2&TXTLST=2&Type_Doc=ANNEX&POS=1">democratically voted decision</a> of the European - Parliament from 24 september 2003, which has the support of more than <a - href="http://petition.eurolinux.org">300.000 citizens</a>, <a - href="http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/ceapme0309/index.en.html">2.000.000 - SMEs</a>, dozens of <a - href="http://www.researchineurope.org/policy/patentdirltr.htm">economists</a> - and <a - href="http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/komp0305/index.en.html">scientists</a>. - </p> - <p> - Join us in a demonstration in the streets of <a - href="http://wiki.ael.be/index.php/Demo14and15april">Brussels on 14 april - 2004</a>. - </p> - <p> - Join this online protest by changing your homepage <a - href="http://demo.ffii.org">from 5 until 15 april</a>. - </p> - <p> - <a href="/index.php">Continue on our website >>></a> - </p> - </div> - - <div id="footer"> - <p> - <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">valid XHTML 1.0</a> | - <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">valid CSS</a> | - <a href="http://bh.udev.org/filez/swpat/onlinedemo2">demopage-en-1.06</a> - </p> - </div> +</body> - </body> </html> |