I just emailed them directly myself - I want to KNOW. I'll advise if/when they respond.
Regards, Jason Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 12:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>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??. If it is, then this thread >>is a waste of time. > > >>From the silence from official MDK people on this issue i'd guess that's > exactly what's going on right now. I've just done a bit of checking on > this with the WayBack Machine (www.archive.org), looking at revisions to > http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html over time; interestingly > that page seems to have stopped listing an exemption for freely > distributed players on August 20, 2001, which makes me wonder why this > has come up now and not earlier. Any information anyone?
