On Jan 29, 2008 12:42 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:59:02 +0100 > Hartmut Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We must distiguish IP/licence-issues from conflicts with patents. > > > > MOST PATENTS THAT TROUBLE LINUX_USERS WORLD-WIDE ARE VOID IN EUROPE!! > > > > Anybody wonders why the heck those french Mandriva-Folks dare to ship > > a Distro WITH MP3-support o.o.t.b. ??? > > I do wonder. > Afaik the mp3 patents are not software but patents on algorithms and > are valid in europe, but IANAL. > > There also is a difference between mp3 encoding and decoding. > The companies holding patents on the decoding haven't enforced their > patents, that's why there are so many apps that allow you to play back > mp3s by default but not to convert to mp3. > > Best regards > Philipp >
Yes in media in general there tends to be a norm that is "let people playback the files" and when they like them "let's charge them to create them". Which I believe it is really sad. Luis de Bethencourt > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > -- Luis de Bethencourt Guimerá luisbg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG: B0ED1326 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
