On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 07:12:53AM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: > On Mon February 19 2007 01:51, Joe Hart wrote: > > > I'll still be putting the Christian's repo in my sources list, but I > > thought that MP3 was one of the "questionable" formats that goes against > > the DFSG. Perhaps I am wrong. > > > > In any event, I was pleasantly surprised. > > I find that mp3 and ogg are supported by almost any media player, even > mp3blaster on the console. Lame isn't in debian though (the mp3 encoder). > Even wma is supported by xine now and I'm sure others too.
True but doesn't answer Joe's question. MP3 is a patent-encumbered technology for compression only. Players (IIRC) don't require a licence. Whether that's DFSG-acceptable I couldn't say. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at nitpickingblog.blogspot.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
