create a GIF needs to be licensed, but you don't need to pay anything to use
a GIF. But since I don't know much about the MP3 licensing, I can't be
certain.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: MP3 Licensing...
> My understanding is that commercial applications which encode or decode
> MP3 files are *supposed* to be licensed. I think they really only
> police high-volume users, like MusicMatch etc.
>
> For Flash, it shouldn't be an issue, since the decoder is in the Flash
> Player, which is licenced. In other words, it's not your Flash app
> which needs the licence, just the player.
>
> Of course, if they come a'knocking round your door, it's not my fault.
:-)
>
> --BenD
>
>
> Jeffry Houser wrote:
>
> > I've been doing research into sound formats and such. Is it true that
> > mp3 must be licensed for commercial applications (including games)? Is
> > there any policing of the licensing policies?
> >
> > Anyone know anything about this?
> >
> > Is there a way to get Flash to support Ogg Vorbis?
>
>
>
>
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