Jesse Keating said: > On Friday 28 March 2003 16:07, William Hooper wrote: >> Well, as long as we aren't being GPL purists and paying for the >> license, who says it needs to be GPL? AOL (via the Nullsoft purchase) >> says they are making a Linux version of Winamp. As a matter of fact, >> it may have the distinction of being a *legal* way to play MP3s on >> Linux, because Nullsoft does have a license from Thomson. > > You can legally make an opensource app, charge nothing for it, give it > away, have it play mp3 format. Thomson allows for this. You cannot > however sell this product, or include this product in a boxed set of > other software for sale.
If I remember my history correctly, Red Hat removed mp3 support at the same time Thomson changed their website and removed the line that stated that you can give away an app. Taking a (admittedly quick) look at http://www.mp3licensing.com I see nothing that backs up your statement. [snip] > You can also bet your bupkis that AOL's Linux Winamp will never make it > into Red Hat if there are licensing issues, such as redistribution > w/out restriction. Oh, I wasn't suggesting that Red Hat should ship it, just pointing out that one didn't care about the GPL there are legal ways to play MP3s. -- William Hooper -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
