On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 18:11 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Gianluca Sforna wrote: > > >Hi all, > >is this announce from Fluendo referenced here: > >http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=13078 > >already being discussed at Fedora Legal? > > > >It would be really nice to finally have mp3 support OUTB in Fedora. > > > > > Thats what I thought too initially but unfortunately it doesnt change > the Free software situation even a tiny bit Could you expand a bit on what you mean by "the Free software situation" ? > If you want mp3 support in a region where software patents are enforced > you could use any recent version of RealPlayer or you can buy a > proprietary plugin from Fluendo Fluendo does not sell a proprietary plugin for mp3 playback. Fluendo gives away both MIT-licensed source code, as well as binaries that come with a patent license, built from this source code. Thomas Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://www.davedina.org/ <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> My baby she knows the weight that I'm under <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.fm/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
