Re: MP3 decoder packaged with XMMS

[Daniel James <daniel@64studio.com>]

Hi Florian,

> This is mostly a European issue, it seems:
>
>   http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/54440
>
> The company is called Sisvel:
>
>   http://www.sisvel.com/licensing_programs.asp
>
> IIRC, I looked at the patents, and they were hard to enforce
> against mere software distributors, but I could be wrong.

Unfortunately they specifically mention computers, soundcards and 
software here:

http://www.audiompeg.com/

The more I look into this issue, the more I am convinced that we have 
to promote the free formats better.
 
Cheers!

Daniel