On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Martin Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK Misinformation busting time: > > It is not illegal to distribute or operate most of the codecs in the > US or anywhere else. So long as it's the free software packages, > liblame (mp3), ffmpeg, libdecss, and so on. none of these packages > have copyright problems and none have been challenged for patent > problems. > > (as an example) Accatel and mp3 parents. We have _NO_ idea if liblame > breaks any of the patents. It's just not safe for a _company_ to > _distribute_ considering they may or may not be sued and may or may > not loose the case against a patent suite.
Liblame may not, but I am 99.9% sure and with damages awarded in the 13 figures[1], I don't think anybody is going to find out: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2007/02/22/microsoft-loses-mp3-patent-case-to-the-tune-of-152-billion/ Corey -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
