Re: libaudiofile and mpeg audio

[raster redhat com]

On 13 Jan, Dietmar Maurer scribbled:
->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
->  > 
->  > that's not the problem -t he problem is layer3 encoding whihc is still
->  > almost a must in a general library like libaudiofile canot be shipped
->  > withotu paying patents - debain, RH, slackware - NO distribution can
->  > ship it - hell you can barely ship decoders without seeking approval.
->  > we ned patent free stuff. everyone wants windows. why dont we just
->  > screw linux/unix/gnome and work on free software for windows? same
->  > reason. break the proprietary hold.
->  > 
->  
->  But how can freeamp be distributed with GPL? 
->  They do that at the moment.

as long as its free (ie costs zero and have to download) it's fine -
patents are on the format - not the code.

the problem is if a distribution wishes to include it and if it can't
go there we have problems.

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