RE: libaudiofile and mpeg audio

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

That plugin idea sounded like a good idea. Then the modules can be
distributed with whatever license they want.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Dietmar Maurer [SMTP:dm@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 13, 1999 10:51 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Re: libaudiofile and mpeg audio
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
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