David Walser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > a patent can't just cover decoding mp3 files no matter > how you do it. They can license their particular > decoder code however they want, but any code that's > not derived from it most likely doesn't infringe any > patent and can't require royalties no matter what > frauenhoffer might say.
The problem is that they pretend their patent is ok, so as long as we don't have an advice from a lawyer or decision from a court we can't really know if they're right or not. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
