Has anyone contacted the developer of the algorithm in question?? If not, this is all shooting in the dark. I wanna know if Mandrake has contacted this Frauenwhoever to ask if "Free" decoding software is indeed excluded from possible litigation??. If it is, then this thread is a waste of time.
Cheers, Jason Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 03:42, Todd Lyons wrote: > > >>The code is not what is patentend. It's the algorithm. >> >>I thought the stance was they were enforcing their patent for all >>encoders and only for commercial decoders (and leaving free decoders >>alone). Has that changed since last week or was last week merely >>speculation? > > > That's the change. The licensing page now simply lays out the fees with > no mention whatsoever of the old exception for free software. You have > to look at the Wayback Machine or on some mailing lists to see copies of > the old page with the exception, now. Some sites are already reporting > Red Hat have removed mp3 decoding stuff from their current beta, > btw...dunno if this is accurate.
