On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:23:15PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Jordi Mallach wrote: > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > > distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? > > There are patent issues that prevent their inclusion, iirc.
There are patent issues, but I fail to see why they would prevent their inclusion in non-us which resides in the Netherlands. The subject has been discussed before, without clear conclusions. You could make a package and upload it to non-us. Then see what happens. -- The idea is that the first face shown to people is one they can readily accept - a more traditional logo. The lunacy element is only revealed subsequently, via the LunaDude. [excerpted from the Lunatech Identity Manual]
