Re: Bug#349693: ITP: gst-fluendo-mp3 -- MP3 decoder plugin for GStreamer
- To: russell@coker.com.au
- Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#349693: ITP: gst-fluendo-mp3 -- MP3 decoder plugin for GStreamer
- From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:48:50 +0100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 8764m9vtnx.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
- In-reply-to: <200601291217.13861.russell@coker.com.au> (Russell Coker's message of "Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:16:58 +1100")
- References: <20060124175814.GA20623@bee.dooz.org> <1138178716.8928.0.camel@silicium.ccc.cea.fr> <87r76w1su5.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <200601291217.13861.russell@coker.com.au>
* Russell Coker:
> This factor makes it significantly different from the other programs
> which are afflicted with patent claims. If Thomson has made clear
> statements about a common use case of software based on their
> patents in Debian then it's quite different to a battle between
> Adobe and Macromedia.
Apparently, it is, because you can still download several free
encoders. Furthermore, nobody's got a strategic MP3 encoder project,
I guess. Things could go wild only if the entertainment industry
realizes that better encoders are a prerequisite to efficient content
distribution, and puts pressure on the patent owners to enforce their
patents. 8-P
(Adobe and Macromedia? Hmm, maybe I should answer my mail more
quickly.)
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