-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 andre wrote: | On Sunday 21 April 2002 13:52, Fabrice FACORAT wrote: | |>Le sam 20/04/2002 � 01:37, andre a �crit : |> |>>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. |> |>u're right but the main issue is that mdksoft ship mandrake in USA and |>that in USA this is illegal and USA is the first market I think for |>mdksoft. |>so unless mdksoft provide one version for USA and an other one for the |>others country ... ( like for debian with US and non-US ) |>it will be perfectbut will cost a lot for mdksoft | | | In the us mp3 has been patented but there are some problems with that patent, | like patenting it way after the fact. Germany is the main problem with mp3 if | you asked me
So would it be advantageous (And feasible) for plf to build a kdebase with mp3 encoding available? - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE8w+4IrJK6UGDSBKcRAmnqAKCcTzsH5qJL0NRkIB/NBmuOi5QZNQCdExxi hAA8sKhoKptj5y/1XwtIf8E= =itE9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
