Let me clarify the mp3 issue. FHG has patents on mp3 technology as to Thompson multimedia so do they. They demand $25US for an _encoder_ license per encoder. This is why projects such as lame state for educational use only. Now FHG have changed the rules. For all decoders except those for non-comercial use; they want 75 cents per decoder. Redhat is a comercial concern. They sell and give away t heir software. How are they to tell who uses the decoders for mp3 for comercial use or non-comercial use? If people use mpg123 for comercial use they violate the Thompson patent.
