On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. They do have a valid patent license (other example is Google). It isn't impossible to get a patent license for "the linux plattform". Having a redistribute able one (so that you can ship open source software) is where the problems are. Even if fedora could get a license (via red hat) it would not apply for people that redistribute it hence it would be non free. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
