On Friday 19 April 2002 07:23, Laurent Montel wrote: > Le Friday 19 April 2002 01:00, Maks Orlovich a �crit : > > On Thursday 18 April 2002 12:02 pm, you wrote: > > > Just wondering, but does kde3 have the audiocd w/mp3 support builtin? > > > In the kde's control panel, under the Sound->audioCD slave settings, > > > there's an mp3 tab, but when you load an audiocd and browse it through > > > audiocd:/, it doesn't show an MP3 folder, only an OGG folder. > > > > IIRC, It's illegal to redistribute mp3 encoders without paying royalties. > > it's right, so I compile kdebase without mp3 support. > > Regards.
In some but defiantly not all countries mp3 is protected by patents. If you life in a country were mp3 isn't patented the it is completely legal to distribute it.
