neidu3 comments on A 25-year-old Brazilian video patent just expired, ending a lingering legal headache for Linux

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Not for linux itself, no, but for desktos distros it makes it hard to keep it fully open source and free of proprietary stuff.

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[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 3 weeks ago* (1 child)

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.

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[–] derek@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's an xda-dev article. Of course the title is over-dramatized clickbait.

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