On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 04:42:02PM +0100, Stephan Windm?ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > Apparently, there are legal issues about the Fraunhofer patents > > that don't allow us to distribute mp3 encoders. > > Issue means that this can change in the future?
Yes, in about 15-20 years when the patent expires.. [0] (I'm guessing how long that will take -- anyone know when the real date is?) Daniel [0] unless games start getting played with patent law akin to those being played with copyright law, in which case the answer is "no". -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | "Next, consider a circle passing through infinity; that | | is, a straight line.." | \------- (if (not (understand-this)) (go-to http://www.schemers.org)) --------/
