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Re: Is anyone packaging `lame' ?



On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:34:57PM -0700, brian moore wrote:
> Nice url, thanks.  Looks like the license terms for decoders changed
> since I last looked.. it's now only 50c with a $15k minimum.
> 
> Again, decoding is patented, too:
> 
>        No license fee is expected for desktop software mp3
>        decoders/players that are distributed free-of-charge via the
>        Internet for personal use of end-users.

According to Frauenhofer, or someone else? I've read that the patents
don't apply to decoding, and Frauenhofer isn't the most trustworthy
source on the matter.

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