-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF6GJ6iXBCVWpc5J4RAlFzAKC6ikQfHPTrPQxWz2ipYDivL7f3eACgp6LF m8hJ0CyvBGNtfLDwVFRhOZ4= =keLJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
