Re: mp3 encoders

[dichro-1a9e5d@eris.rcpt.to (Mikolaj J. Habryn)]

>>>>> "j" == john  <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:

    j> Sure.  But not from any servers located where it infringes any
    j> patents.

  ...and I assume that there is currently no mechanism by which we can 
distribute it automatically, a la non-US? And am I likely to be liable 
for anything if I do the work of packaging it in a pro-Fraunhofer
country, even if it is distributed from elsewhere?

    j> No, it isn't non-free, but if it infringes the Fraunhofer
    j> patent it can only be distributed from a country where the
    j> patent is not enforceable (Sweden?)

  Ah, okay. How does the Fraunhofer affair differ to (say) the GIF
encoding patent?

m.