-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At some point hitherto, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hath spake thusly: > On 5 Oct 2002, at 10:35pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I also wasn't pleased with the lack of mp3 support. > > It is worth emphasizing that, which the changes in policy regarding MP3 > patent licensing, distribution of any GPL'ed program that supports MP3 is > *illegal*. Section 7 of the GPL. Red Hat does not have much choice in the > matter. Any distribution that does otherwise is, quite simply, breaking the > law, and violating the GPL.
Well, I was going to refute that; the xmms home page had a note from the authors of the MP3 codec that explained what was REALLY going on. I'd intended to explain that open-source MP3 players were permitted under the terms of their license, and in fact the terms have not changed at all; and to provide a link to where this was explained. However, the xmms home page has been hacked. It's mildly amusing, as such things go (I don't advocate defacing web pages, and in general find such behavior repugnant). When they discover the treachery, I imagine the folks at xmms.org will have the statement back up concerning the license issues. See it at http://www.xmms.org/ - -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9n8OpdjdlQoHP510RApKnAKCYmja9GJZNXUdPu1lSs/SGf1m2vwCgrqBk KNssxT9qFQuiXB7YnoUw/70= =jcOV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
