License grant for Open Source MP3 decoders?

2008-10-13 Thread Michael Crawford
Hi All, I just subscribed. I have long been under the impression that there is a blanket license grant for Open Source MP3 decoders, mainly because there are so many of them. For that reason I felt confident in adding MP3 playback by integrating libmad into my GPL audio app Ogg Frog: http://

Re: License grant for Open Source MP3 decoders?

2008-10-13 Thread Arnoud Engelfriet
Michael Crawford wrote: > While Fraunhofer et. al. might be willing to overlook MP3 player > developers who code them just to scratch an itch, I have to be > *scrupulously* careful to obey the law where I live, which is in the > software-patent-enforcing US of A. While not yet profitable, Ogg Frog

Re: License grant for Open Source MP3 decoders?

2008-10-13 Thread Ben Finney
"Michael Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have long been under the impression that there is a blanket > license grant for Open Source MP3 decoders, mainly because there are > so many of them. You have my sincere sympathy for being a literal victim of the wasteful extortion racket that is