Re: XMMS and the new MP3 patent terms
Gerd Flaig wrote:
>Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> writes:
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>>New MP3 License Terms Demand $0.75 Per Decoder
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>that would be $7.50 for all the ~10 decoders in
Debian. I could
>sponsor that. :)
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>SCNR
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> Goodbyte, Gerd.
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That's $.075 per copy distributed or a $50 000 or $60
000 flat fee per
software (xmms, freeamp, etc) that would put the cost
at about $500 000
If we were really thinking of raising money for some
sort of fund to
fight Thomson and Frauhaufner the best thing to do
would be to find some
other patent that could apply to mp3 compression and
purchase it and
refuse to license it to them at any price. It might
even be a good idea
in general to set up a fund to buy patents and refuse
to license them
for use in proprietary software. I know I would
definitely make a large
donation to such a fund
Bijan
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