[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Has anyone contacted the developer of the algorithm in question??
> If not, this is all shooting in the dark. I wanna know if
> Mandrake has contacted this Frauenwhoever to ask if "Free"
> decoding software is indeed excluded from possible
> litigation??.

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From: Haavard Kvaalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [XMMS-DEVEL] mp3 status ?
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed Aug 28 13:26:49 2002 +0200

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002, Colin Leroy wrote:

> What are you going to do about this new mp3 issue ?

We are not going to do anything about it.

I'm a bit surprised that this has come up now, mp3licensing.com has never
listed any exemption for freeware decoders.  I suppose that the rates have
changed recently.  I don't think that they were zero for decoders earlier
either, but I'm not sure.

The reference that has been used to document freeware decoders exemption 
from licencing fees is this:
<URL:http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mp3-licensing.html>

 - H�vard
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Haavard Kvaalen == lead xmms developer.


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