Novell Gets Closer to Silverlight With Moonlight 2 for Linux
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Open source Silverlight clone gets new milestone release as it races towards feature parity with Microsoft. A key element of the Silverlight framework is its ability to handle high-quality video and audio codecs. Thanks to a deal worked out between Microsoft and Novell, Moonlight includes the Microsoft Media Pack, which is a set of proprietary codecs that Microsoft is making available to Moonlight users, free of charge. As a result, the codecs installed through Moonlight are actually licensed by Microsoft, which in turn has licensed the video and codecs technology from its respective patent holders. "Novell is not actually paying Microsoft for the codecs, and in a manner of speaking, Microsoft is footing the bill for the codecs," De Icaza said.
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