transparent terminals -- was: Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-23 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 03:31:33PM -0500, Ben Darnell wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:04:21PM -0800, Seth R Arnold wrote: > > It is too bad that the only transparent-term built into debian is Eterm, > > because that thing sucks more than twice as much memory and runs slower, but > > when I am h

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-23 Thread Ben Darnell
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 12:04:21PM -0800, Seth R Arnold wrote: > It is too bad that the only transparent-term built into debian is Eterm, > because that thing sucks more than twice as much memory and runs slower, but > when I am helping my friends set up their computers, I ensure they get that > li

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-23 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 05:35:33PM +0100, Jordi wrote: > Also in the WNPP, I saw one app I wanted to package 6 months ago, aterm. > It's listed under "work in progress" by Samuel Hocevar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), > 228 > days in Creation. I remember he told me he was going to package this for > potato,

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-23 Thread Jordi
Hello again, On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:34:25PM +0100, Bart Schuller wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:23:15PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > > Jordi Mallach wrote: > > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > > > distribution. I

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Joseph Carter
logy and while there is > > plenty of prior art for the technology, nobody with the money to fight > > this in court has decided to fight this patent. > > > > I still don't see why mp3 players could not be packaged into non-us, but > > hey, if I can't packa

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Jordi Mallach
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:34:25PM +0100, Bart Schuller wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:23:15PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > > Jordi Mallach wrote: > > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > > > distribution. Is the

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Bart Schuller
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 01:23:15PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > Jordi Mallach wrote: > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > > distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? > > There are patent issues that pre

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Martin Schulze
Jordi Mallach wrote: > Hello!, > > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? There are patent issues that prevent their inclusion, iirc. Regards, Joey -- The good thin

Re: Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2000 at 12:31:44PM +0100, Jordi Mallach wrote: > The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the > distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? Some idiots in a few of the world's governments have made the decision to

Mp3 encoders

2000-01-08 Thread Jordi Mallach
Hello!, The other day I was wondering why there aren't any Mp3 encoders in the distribution. Is there any law that prevents us from including them? If there isn't, I think I will try to package one, BladeEnc for example. Somebody in another list told me there were law issues with thes