Re: Visualboy Advance question.
Glenn Maynard wrote:
> 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.
Oh, this is one of those bogus patents, isn't it. :-P Oops, silly me,
didn't do my research. Sorry, I was wrong.
I guess all programs which play *nothing* but MP3s should be in contrib.
Every MP3 player I've seen so far in Debian plays something else as well.
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