Once again, the issue is basically that the Mp3 format is patented, nothing else really that I know of.
Travis Beaty <twbe...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hmm. This confuses me, then. Because I know it was a problem at one >point, at least with SuSE. I had to get different packages from plf in >order to play them. > >- Travis. > > >On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 19:25 -0400, Martin Owens wrote: > >> On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 16:59 -0500, Travis Beaty wrote: >> > Now then. Having been involved in the Linux society and culture, I >> > understand why closed-source software is shunned. However, I also see >> > that, at this juncture, it is often necessary to make things work. >> > Right now, I've got a wireless driver and a graphics driver that are >> > proprietary. I know this because the Device Manager told me. I also >> > have the restricted extras package installed. >> >> But Mp3 playback isn't closed source, it's not a problem because it's >> licensed under the LGPL. You can play back MP3s and still be completely >> free as in speech... patents aren't copyright, the owners of the code >> actually want you to use these things as open source. >> >> Martin, >> > > > >-- >Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
