On 10 November 2016 at 16:55, Eric Smith <spacewar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > About three hours ago on Twitter @spotrh tweeted: > "As of today, MP3 decoding software is permissible in Fedora." > > Is this true? If so, could we have a bit more detail? > https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2016/11/10/mp3-support-now-coming-to-fedora-workstation-25/ > I'm slightly suspicious as to the authenticity of the tweet because > yesterday @spotrh tweeted: > "I'm going to stay off social media for the foreseeable future. If you > need me, you know how to find me." > > There are MP3-related US patents with expirations in September 2015, > February 2017, April 2017, and December 2017, and some people argue that the > last one affecting decoding may have been the one that expired in September > 2015, but I don't know of anything that changed in 2016. > > > _______________________________________________ > legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
