Re: MP3 files in Linux how to play them?!!!!!

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• From: Peter Gordon <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:05:07 -0700
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Peter Gordon wrote:
> Ivan Evstegneev wrote:
>> Does someone can please explain me what is going on with mp3 files on
>> linux? 
> Simply put, software patents prevent its codec(s) from being legally distributed
> Freely.
To qualify this: By "Freely" I mean Free as defined by the FSF's definition[1],
and not free as in "no cost."

[1] http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html


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