14 Nov
2005
14 Nov
'05
8:13 p.m.
Leo Mauler wrote:
What exactly is the official policy on MP3s? Is there an unwritten policy thats sort of <nudge, nudge, wink, wink> regarding allowing free software MP3 decoders/encoders?
Back around 2002, the owners of the MP3 patent started charging a $.75 fee for all MP3 decoders. Most free distro's pulled MP3 support rather than pay the fee. Probably a paid for box set of Suse etc.. would include MP3 support.
http://slashdot.org/yro/02/08/27/1626241.shtml
thanks chad