On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 15:02 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> The problem with mp3 software is not that there isn't Free software >> that that can encode/decode sound into the mp3 codec, but that the >> codec is patented and patent owners do not permit free redistribution >> of code to use it. > > I thought that one expired some years ago.
Unfortunately, there isn't just one. They'll be expiring somewhere between 2015 and 2017, depending on whether some can be considered invalid or not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing_and_patent_issues -T.C. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
