On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Frank Murphy <frankly3d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:20:30 -0400 > Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > This is nonsense. There are enough "licenses for the linux >> > environment". A lot of vendors have licensed MP3 en/decoders that >> > work on the linux. The point is that there is no licensed open >> > source mp3 en/decoder. >> >> Name 2. > > http://www.fluendo.com/shop/product/fluendo-mp3-decoder/ > http://www.nero.com/enu/downloads-linux4-update.php Neither of which address the existing MP3 patent issues, only software copyright issues. Mind you, Most of these patents are finally expiring, and the existing court cases have been.... oddm and usually settled out of court. But there's nothing in those licenses that protects you from the existing patent claims of Alcatel-Lucent, or of Texas MP3 Technologies, or those of a Japanese electronics firm I used to work for. (Ask privately if curious.) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
