To be able tp distribute an "MP3 Encoder" for free you must sign a contract with Fraunhofer and this costs a minimal annual fee of $15.000. Then you have the right to distribute the decoder free-of-charge but NOTE not inclued in any adware. If you include it in an adware or sold program you must pay $0.5 for every sold eition.
If the lame encoder includes code that are specified in the patent for mp3 that Fraunhofer has you can't distribute it for free without signing a contract. Microsoft distribute an mp3 decoder but then Microsoft has the money to pay for the patent. How should ReadHat pay for the patent. Lars Rosenberg CEO of Rosoft Engineering Former licensee of Fraunhofer and Thompson Multimedia. > Hello. > > I've discovered that Fraunhoffer was able to force > ReadHat software to remove the mp3 decoder from the xmms > player. So they distribute a player with suport to Vorbis > only and the source dosen't contain the mp3 decoder. > I was able to move the same plugin from a Mandrake > and make it work on a RedHat. > > Is there a chance of making the same plugin with LAME > in order to distribute it with RedHat so that Fraunhoffer > couldn't use any legal arguments in order to stop the > distribution? > > The weird stuff is that RedHat is for free. > They only make money seeling user support and other stuff. > > Weird. > > Best regards > Filipe > > > > _______________________________________________ > mp3encoder mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
