On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 08:53:11 -0400, marco trevisani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) to my knowledge, neither bladeenc nor lame do use these algorithms > (they are mainly for encoding at low bit rate, something these > encoders don't do well - they were'nt designed for that) > 4) however, from what I understand Fraunhofer and Thompson oblige > bladeenc and lame developers to distribute *sources* and not > *binaries* to always check that they are not using patented > algorithms (now how's that for another use of source visibility :() If they insist we are violating their patent, it is their job to prove it, no? "Guilty unless proven otherwise" is illegal (at least in Japan).
-- Oohara Yuuma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian developer PGP key (key ID F464A695) http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/pub-key.txt Key fingerprint = 6142 8D07 9C5B 159B C170 1F4A 40D6 F42E F464 A695 Better just encrypt it all in your head :-). --- Derrick 'dman' Hudson, about encryption without any physical medium
