On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 01:46:08AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > Does Debian main contain any MP3s? If not, would you like to see MP3 > > players removed from Debian main? > > Debian main does contain MP3 recorders. I think that is quite sufficient to > render MP3 players useful with no non-free software; you can make your own > MP3s.
If so, please name them; they must be removed. http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package "Software that can't be packaged 8hz-mp3, bladeenc, etc -- patent problems with Fraunhofer Institute. (yes, this includes LAME, see archived discussion)" (link: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2000/06/msg01213.html) All MP3 encoders are non-free. -- Glenn Maynard