Re: media files

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="David Neary">

> > Please do try harder to read things without malice.  Some people are
> > just trying to figure out what is important to your project so they can
> > comment in a way that others in the project have asked for.
>
> I have no malice. Perhaps we should concentrate on the core issue with
> your original mail. Could you explain why mp3 is incompatible with free
> software, please?

GPL version 2, Section 7, which applies to libmad. But that question is way
too specific; the reason why few distros distribute MP3 decoders (let alone
decoders) is because they would require a patent license to do so.

- Jeff

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