User talk:Theosch

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Hello, Theosch, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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[edit] Re:

Thanks for the kind note. You seem to be quite familiar with the project so I will just tell you that if you need any help don't hesitate to ask either me or with {{helpme}} (every time I use it I get an answer in an hour or so, even on my usually twisted questions). Again, welcome! -- lucasbfr talk 12:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: VLC question

Hello

A lot of VLC's codec support comes from ffmpeg, which is used by many other free media players too. I don't really know that much on the legal issues behind it (INAL :-), but I think they ignore the published specs (and instead use reverse engineering). This avoids having to agree to things like nondisclosure agreements. However, if some of the technology is patented, there would possibly be problems with that.

On the other hand VLC has had it's own DeCSS thing (libdvdcss) for ages (it's used for Linux, but I think it uses the standard Windows stuff on Windows). I think that decrypting DVDs is covered by some fair use exemptions if I remember correctly, so should actually be fully legal.

I think that's about right, but if you want a better answer you could try asking on the mailing lists. --h2g2bob 22:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Windows and Linux

Hey, You did some good cleanup of the the internal workings of the article. Thanks :) We do also have a problem with being able to verify everything on that page due to the sheer number of facts that are on there. Any help really is greatly appreciated. Also, if you have suggestions on how to make the "feel" of the page better, we will start working on fixing that soon.  :) Hendrixski 15:21, 1 March 2007 (UTC)


I mainly just compare the current version to my last edited version, and iron out any new problems. {Slash-|-Talk} 06:34, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


-) I have just translated this page into Polish, and I would like to invite others to begin translating this page into other langauges as well. Since I see that you are multilingual I'd like to invite you to join the challenge. Hopefully we can bring this article to the non-english speaking world. Hendrixski 15:47, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hybrid vehicle discussion again

You might want to look at Talk:Petroleum_electric_hybrid_vehicle#PEHV.3F_Overall_name.3F and give your inputs. Thx, Daniel.Cardenas 04:24, 25 April 2007 (UTC)