MP3 support in Linux distros?
Chad Phillips
chad at chadphillips.org
Mon Nov 14 14:13:29 CST 2005
Leo Mauler wrote:
>What exactly is the official policy on MP3s? Is there
>an unwritten policy thats sort of <nudge, nudge, wink,
>wink> regarding allowing free software MP3
>decoders/encoders?
>
>
>
Back around 2002, the owners of the MP3 patent started charging a $.75
fee for all MP3 decoders. Most free distro's pulled MP3 support rather
than pay the fee. Probably a paid for box set of Suse etc.. would
include MP3 support.
http://slashdot.org/yro/02/08/27/1626241.shtml
thanks
chad
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