Re: libaudiofile and mpeg audio

[Dietmar Maurer <dm vlsivie tuwien ac at>]

raster@redhat.com wrote:
> 
> that's not the problem -t he problem is layer3 encoding whihc is still
> almost a must in a general library like libaudiofile canot be shipped
> withotu paying patents - debain, RH, slackware - NO distribution can
> ship it - hell you can barely ship decoders without seeking approval.
> we ned patent free stuff. everyone wants windows. why dont we just
> screw linux/unix/gnome and work on free software for windows? same
> reason. break the proprietary hold.
> 

But how can freeamp be distributed with GPL? 
They do that at the moment.