Re: very rough pre-gep tentative new modules list

[Alan Cox <alan redhat com>]

> > "interpret" an mp3, even though I have never seen the code used to
> > produce the mp3, am I breaking the law in the US or EU?
> 
> It doesn't matter if you've ever seen any code implementing the
> algorithm -- the codec is patented.

In the USA. Its important to stress that most of this is a US problem.
The chinese, iranians, ... can all do this. Even if the proposed EU
patent changes were to occur the EU would allow this under its exemptions
for compatibility