Re: Visualboy Advance question.
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 01:46:08AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > Does Debian main contain any MP3s? If not, would you like to see MP3
> > players removed from Debian main?
>
> Debian main does contain MP3 recorders. I think that is quite sufficient to
> render MP3 players useful with no non-free software; you can make your own
> MP3s.
If so, please name them; they must be removed.
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package
"Software that can't be packaged
8hz-mp3, bladeenc, etc -- patent problems with Fraunhofer Institute.
(yes, this includes LAME, see archived discussion)"
(link: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2000/06/msg01213.html)
All MP3 encoders are non-free.
--
Glenn Maynard
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