On 0, MKolb@haitec.de wrote: [snip] > And now a statement: > > "Statement from Thomson Multimedia, mp3 Licensing > > In a posting appearing Tuesday August 27, 2002 on the Web site > 'slashdot.org', an individual cited a change in the mp3 license fee > structure of Thomson and Fraunhofer. The writer of the post apparently > misread the mp3 licensing conditions, as Thomson's mp3 licensing policy > has not experienced any change. > > To clarify, since the beginning of our mp3 licensing program in 1995, > Thomson has never charged a per unit royalty for freely distributed > software decoders. For commercially sold decoders -- primarily hardware > mp3 players -- the per-unit royalty has always been in place since the > beginning of the program. Therefore, there is no change in our licensing > policy and we continue to believe that the royalty fees of .75 cents per > mp3 player (on average selling over $200 dollars) has no measurable impact > on the consumer experience." > > So there are no license fees for free software and the whole discussion > has no base. If that is so then why have RH removed all MP3 decoders from their distro? Tom -- Tom Cook Information Technology Services, The University of Adelaide "If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight." - George Gobol Get my GPG public key: https://pinky.its.adelaide.edu.au/~tkcook/tom.cook-at-adelaide.edu.au
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