Which nobody has guaranteed is valid or defensable in Germany, let alone anywhere else. (I believe the EU does not allow software/algorithm patents, IIRC.) And which applies only to encoders.
I don't see why we ought to let some lawyers trying to make a good bluff scare us. On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 04:02:13PM -0500, Shaleh wrote: > > On 01-Feb-99 John Goerzen wrote: > > Why should it be non-free if it's GPL? > > the mp3 patent