Mark Taylor wrote:
> I like this quote:
>
> --start quote---
> According to Brandenburg, the ISO asked Fraunhofer to develop sample
> encoding and decoding software as a tool for industry to learn how to
> use MP3. The source code -- the underlying instructions -- for these
> programs was carelessly placed on an insecure university server, where
> it was later obtained by a hacker in Amsterdam known as
> SoloH. (Brandenburg says the download was not authorized but also not
> illegal.) Using SoloH's source code, coders across Europe and the
> United States wrote and gave away MP3 software of their own, creating
> -- without the participation of the music industry -- the base for
> today's explosion of online music.
> --end quote---
I thought the ISO source code was freely available from Fraunhofer's ftp
site well before SoloH released his encoder, but then it was a few years
ago now and time maybe playing tricks.
Ross.
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