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Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms



On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 13:01:52 -0700
Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:

> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241&mode=nocomment

I was wondering how long it would take this to make it to the list.

> So does this mean XMMS gets relegated to non-free now?

Why?  Why not just plug the mp3 plug-in from it and avoid the problem? 
Possibly make the mp3 plug-in available in non-free, but I foresee that
having legal issues at this point.  There is always OGG.

-- 
Jamin W. Collins



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