Opinions? I thought that it had been decided that mp3 decoders were ok for main... I've maintained an mp3 player since I became a maintainer two years ago, first with emusic, now with freeamp...
Please Cc me on replies, I am not on -legal. ----- Forwarded message from Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Subject: Bug#65794: freeamp must go to non-free Reply-To: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Debian-PR-Message: report 65794 X-Debian-PR-Package: freeamp X-Debian-PR-Keywords: From: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Reportbug-Version: 0.57 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:27:23 +0200 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Package: freeamp Version: 2.0.7-1 Severity: important freeamp is a MP3 decoder. Decoding of MP3s is patented. http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/swdec.html says about license fees for MP3 decoders: --- mp3 Software Decoders/Players distributed free-of-charge via the Internet for personal use of end-users No license fee is expected for desktop software mp3 decoders/players that are distributed free-of-charge via the Internet for personal use of end-users. --- [you have to pay license fees in all other cases] This seems to conflict with the DFSG. freeamp must go to non-free ----- End forwarded message -----
