From esr at thyrsus.com Tue Mar 28 10:57:47 2006 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5589565515008510026==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Eric S. Raymond To: devel at lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: Fedora's way forward Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:57:40 -0500 Message-ID: <20060328155740.GC25098@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: 604aa7910603280738r2578fcb3hc8d01d9c217a379b@mail.gmail.com --===============5589565515008510026== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jeff Spaleta : > On 3/28/06, Alan Cox wrote: > > I suggest you consult lawyers. Frauenhofer have claimed player royalties > > and quite actively. > = > Other than to talk to a lawyer, which is always the authorative action > to take on any issues involving questions of legal risk.... is there > any instructive references that could be cited in layperson oriented > documentation as to why mp3 playback support isn't included? Yes, I'd like to see an authoritative source for Alan's assertion. I did quite a bit of web research before making my statement. If Fraunhofer has made claims on decoders, this fact is unknown (or not disclosed) by any of the major decoder implementors. -- = Eric S. Raymond --===============5589565515008510026==--