On Sunday 26 October 2003 08:54 am, nosp wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 15:47, Chris wrote: > > I am new to this mailing list and I havn't read the 500 other discussions > > on the topic, but I know that the DMCA is not the reason why mp3 support > > is not added to RedHat. I thought the reason was because of licensing > > issues related to mp3s, not the DMCA. > > I vote this question just gets answered something like: > > - that's a FAQ > - here's the reason: http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_80mm.html > - consider open audio formats like OGG, they sound better "Due to patent licensing and conflicts between such patent licenses and the licenses of application source code..." Why is this discussion continuing? Did I not say it was a licensing issue? I don't see DMCA or USA in that link at all. All I see is "licenses, licenses, licenses" just like I stated in my original message. Please, end of discussion. And please, stop bashing USA.
