On 01/10/12 20:40, Matthew Miller wrote:
See: https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/214

I'm just looking for a quick clarification on whether it's our position that
mp3 falls under patented code we should avoid packaging even as source.

A little research shows that there are a variety of patents involved with this issue.
Some expire in 2015, others are 2017, but then again

Patent number: 5812672
Filing date: Dec 15, 1994
Issue date: Sep 22, 1998

it comes again down to, which date is used to decide when there is an expiry.
It could be 2018.

So it will be a few years yet, before this non-sense stops.

But I am sure Tom and Richard will have better insights than me.


Regards,

Tristan

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