On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 02:49:51PM -0400, Joe Drew wrote: > A long while ago Adrian Bunk filed bugs such as #65797 saying that MP3 > decoders, in addition to encoders, were patented. Discussion at that > time went along the lines of "Prove it," and nothing ever happened. No > mp3 decoder was ever moved to non-free, to the best of my knowledge. > > Has there been any resolution of this issue? Is it safe to close these > bugs?
There most certainly are patents on mp3. I won't comment on enforceability or relevance. Regardless, the burden of proof is on the violator of the patents, as they have already been granted. http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/index.html -drew -- M. Drew Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Rambler, Software/Standards/Freedom/Law -- http://dtype.org/
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