License-fee exemption for mp3 decoders removed?
Hmmmm.... just read at Slashdot that Thomson and Fraunhofer have changed their
minds and now want to charge for mp3 decoders, too (?).
http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/27/1626241.shtml?tid=155
http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/openletter.html
The Slashdot note also says that RedHat is going to remove all the mp3 players
from RawHide, their next distro, but they give no links and I can't find any
related note in the RedHat site in a quick search.
The first link seems to make things clear, but I suppose I'm still in that
"too weird to believe it" state.
Thoughts? May we remove every mp3 player in Sid? What about Woody?
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