Re: MP3

[Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl>]

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Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2007-02-22 10:23:35, schrieb pinniped:
>> Even Bill Clinton would never be able to convince anyone that MP3 was free, 
>> so I'm not surprised the software author charges for MP3 support - he may 
>> have spent some money to acquire the documentation and also a licensing 
>> arrangement.
> 
> If you are OSS programer, you can buy a MP3 Site-Licence for your
> product for environement 10.000 Euro (minimum) directly from the
> Frauenhover Institut which is now owned by Lucent Technologies.
> 
> M$ had payes officialy 65,000,000 US$.

Ouch.  That's why I asked a short time ago why MP3 files would play
directly after doing a etch net-install with the bootcheat
"tasks=standard, kde-desktop" and not adding any other software.

I don't think that any of the Debian developers have paid the license
fee, but then again, I selected my local mirror and here in The
Netherlands, there is no law that forbids the use of the codec.

However, I doubt that the mirror usage is the reason since the net
install is the same regardless of location.

I didn't know that Lucent bought Frauenhover though.  That is
interesting news.

Joe


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