* Taybin Rutkin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > > In terms of completeness, what are the file formats that people would > > like to see in libsndfile but aren't currently supported? > > Reading mp3 would nice. You can do that without paying royalties, right?
Good question. I hope someone can clear this up for me. About six months ago I checked www.mp3licensing.com to see if free software was exempt from paying royalties for applications that only do decoding. Indeed there was an exemption listed, though I can't remember the exact wording it was clear to me that free software authors had nothing to worry about. I checked the exact same web site recently and this exemption is no longer listed. An exemption of this sort is noted under the "Distribution/Broadcasting/Streaming" section http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/emd.html but not under the "Software Products" section http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html Perhaps this is a moot issue, since the day Thomson goes after free software is the day that the entire community ditches mp3 for good. Joshua -- Joshua Haberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
