Re: [Banshee-List] moving from sled to suse - mp3 and aac support

["Matthew Vermeulen" <mattvermeulen gmail com>]

On 1/17/07, ted leslie <tleslie tcn net> wrote:

> according to the news on the site, any distro can
> include this free mp3 codec in their release as long as they
> get (free) permission from fluendo, but i wonder if there
> as strings attached, else you would figure that
> all novell & openSuse linux products could be released now with
> the mp3 and be legit, and every other linux distro for that matter.

MP3 is protected by a patent, too, iirc...
Including the mp3 codec without paying royalties would then be patent
infringement. :(

Cheers
Matt