On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:30:52 -0500, Carl wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 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. ..last time I read about this, the Fraunhofer Institute went after those who streamed mp3's out on the net without paying the mp3 patent license. http://www.google.com/search?num=100&&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=mp3+license+site:groklaw.net http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=mp3+"Fraunhofer%20Institut"+license > Players (IIRC) don't require a licence. Whether that's > DFSG-acceptable I couldn't say. ..3 mp3 license policy pointers: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22mp3+patent%22+%22Fraunhofer+Institut%22+license+policy -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
