On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 10:59:41PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > I wonder whether it's time to cease all mp3 players from Debian as well.
Heh, I just noticed this on the licensing page: Note: This license does not cover the right to distribute, broadcast and/or stream mp3 / mp3PRO encoded data. These rights are covered by the licenses described under Electronic Music Distribution / Broadcasting / Streaming. So apparently they're claiming their patent covers mp3 _datafiles_ as well, even if you just ftp them around. On the other hand, taking their claims seriously might be a good statement, just like we did with GIF. Let's help move the world to non-patented standards. Richard Braakman
