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: crip (lack of) copyright notice

2008-12-02 Thread Michael Crawford
> It says "by Charlton Harrison" and he documented when the releases > were on his website. From that could I just construct a copyright > notice and use that? My understanding is that "copyright descends on a work the instant it is created." So the release dates could reasonably serve to indicat

Re: GPL2 vs. GPL3

2009-04-14 Thread Michael Crawford
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:53 AM, wrote: > Sorry, I was trying to read GPL3, but my English is not good enough to > figure this out by myself. English is my Mother Tongue, and I've been a software engineer for many years. In my work I have often encountered issues of copyright, licensing and der