On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:30:52 -0500 Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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] > I believe this is true. The file formats is what is DFSG, not the codecs (If that's what it's called for audio files, I really don't know) to play it. It isn't Debian that supports the format, but your media player. Head over to http://xmms.org/, the developers call it a "mp3 player". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
