[OLPC-Philippines] getting mp3 sound working w/ Gnash easily

[Mj Mendoza IV]

> I don't think there's really anything preventing us from using and
> recommending Flash (especially in the Philippines where we're less
> encumbered by software patents -- I think in current Philippine law,
> there's no legal restriction on algorithms, there's only software
> copyrights, and copyrights are different from patents.)

Oh. So, just in case Coca-Cola Philippines doesn't exists and Pop Cola copied the recipe of Coke, the Coke USA can't sue Pop Cola because their patent is only good in US?!?

I'm not a lawyer. Can anyone clear this up to me?

> it's just that the XO ships with Gnash pre-installed and that
> there's a strong leaning towards Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) with the OLPC.