Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms
On Tuesday 27 August 2002 13:01, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241&mode=nocomment
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> New MP3 License Terms Demand $0.75 Per Decoder
> PatentsPosted by chrisd on Tuesday August 27, @12:27PM
> from the good-thing-ogg-is-up-to-speed dept.
> Gotz writes "The licensing terms of Thomson and the Fraunhofer
> Gesellschaft, who are the owners of the mp3 patents, have changed. Now
> not only mp3 encoders but also mp3 decoders require a license. This
> page lists the fees -- it's $0.75 per decoder. As a consequence, Red
> Hat has already removed all mp3 players from the Rawhide development
> version."
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> So does this mean XMMS gets relegated to non-free now?
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If anything it means the MP3 decoder in xmms gets disabled. Placing it in
non-free is not sufficient.
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