Hi guys, hi Roel, sorry for the copy/paste of Roel's whole e-mail, but I think it's worth repeating it!
I second it. Heribert. Roel VdB writes: > Hello Margaret, > > MC> I find this attitude stupid. Here you guys are... using an ILLEGAL > MC> product (or did you pay the legally required licensing fees?), then > MC> bitching, because someone wants to remove the branding. I don't get > MC> it. Sounds like thieves complaining they got robbed. > > ?? have a little respect please. > > there is nothing illegal about the whole LAME project. FhG put out > ISO sources as a guideline, which can be modified legally. > > LAME started out, and still is an educational project to learn about > and improve upon audio compression. Over the last few years some very > educated people have chosen to dedicate their valuable time into this > project so YOU can make decent sounding mp3's now, thanks to their > effords. > > Even more so, you should realise that since this year the complete ISO > source distribution is replaced by superior code made by the people > involved in this project. > > Stupid is that some people want to make $$ on the back of the hard > work of open source developers and completely PERVERSE imo is that > some don't even have the least bit of curtosy or politeness to > aknowledge this work. > > I find it appalling and offensive to see a person here shamelessly > post a patch which can only be used to try and "HIDE" the origin of > the high quality mp3 files. > > With fresh in memory some recent cases of commercial programs > blatantly ripping off LAME this makes this suggestion extra sour. > > You should look up the concept of open source software development. > > With this note, I'd like to personally thank all the LAME developers > for all their effords over the last few years. > > You guys made I've had many pleasant moments enjoying my music over > the last year and I think I speak for an aweful LOT of people. > > As a webmaster I get a lot of praise from people for their newly > discovered wonder LAME quality. I realise very much this praise > should be aimed at the whole of the past, present and future LAME DEV. > > -- > > btw Margaret: you're the first woman I see here since ... ever? I'd > always imagined 'first contact' different :)) > > kind regards, > > Roel > > _______________________________________________ > Mp3encoder mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder > _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
