Use oggvorbis!
Franck Martin
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SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 8 January 2001 10:35
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mp3 encoder
>I'm tired of hearing that. The fact is that mp3 is the de-facto standrad.
>Lets see if this helps:
Yes, it's true - the patent covers the algorithm, not the actual code.
Patent laws are fairly clear on this subject. What everyone hopes will
happen is the US patent will be revoked because it was asked for (and
granted) in the US _after_ mp3 was already a global standard.
--
Brian
