Hi all, I know this topic was often discussed in this mailing list but I am not sure about the conclusions and now I have a related problem with EAQUAL (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/eaqual). I understood from the discussion here that there seems to be no problem in publishing source code which uses patents if no binaries are provided, but only the source code. However, I do not provide binaries and I state in the readme "Please note that parts of this software can be under patent right restrictions and thus cannot be used freely in some countries.", but I got a letter about patent infringements which demands to stop all distribution of software.
Since patent issues with mp3 seem to be related, I wondered if anyone can make definitive statements about the legality of providing such a source code. Sorry for this long ot post. Regards, Alexander -- alexander lerch [EMAIL PROTECTED] zplane.development http://www.zplane.de holsteinische str. 39-42 D-12161 berlin fon: +49.30.854 09 15.0 fax: +49.30.854 09 15.5 _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
