Have Redhat lawyers approached Fraunhofer about this? I can't see any financial down side for them -- it would be another licence sale. On 3/28/06, Eric S. Raymond <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andy Burns <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > > >The page says $50K one time flat fee for a decoder. > > > > And an £15K minimum annual royalty? > > I don't see that. > > > Presumably they won't allow source > > distribution, Fedora/RedHat might just as well point people to Fluendo's > > paid up binary only MP3 plugin https://shop.fluendo.com/ > > No, there's a crucial distinction. Consumers think they should get this > capability bundled with their OS, not have to pay extra after the sale. > -- > <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
