Re: [Banshee-List] moving from sled to suse - mp3 and aac support
- From: "Christopher Halse Rogers" <chalserogers gmail com>
- To: banshee-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] moving from sled to suse - mp3 and aac support
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:34:25 +1100
On 1/17/07, Matthew Vermeulen <mattvermeulen gmail com> wrote:
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. :(
It is patent protected, but Fluendo have licensed it. It's 100% legal.
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