Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta(a)gmail.com>:
On 4/4/06, Eric S. Raymond <esr(a)thyrsus.com> wrote:
> No, but refusing to carry MP3 decoders when there is no patent block
> on them is.
Why do you continue reiterating the assumption that there is no patent
block on mp3 decoders?
I have not in fact made that assertion. I don't regard the question as being
factually settled one way or the other.
What I know atthis point is that Fraunhofer has a royalty schedule for
decoders. I don't know if there's an actual patent behind that. My
informant has expressed skepticism; I anm simply in fact-finding mode.
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