Re: removed MP3 support in media players in fedora core 1

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On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 05:21:27AM -0800, Kojiro Dracomour wrote:
> Honestly, I quite agree with RedHat's decision. But if
> it is true that XMMS payed the royalty fee, than
> downloading it on the side after installation would
> not be illegal in any sense, much like downloading
> WinAmp. However I personally doubt XMMS did.

Almost.  They'd just have to change the license (it's GPL right now,
which is incompatible with software patents).

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Tim Lesher <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
http://www.lesher.ws




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