[3971] in Release_7.7_team
Re: xmms 1.2.7 bundled with redhat 8+
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Sun Aug 3 20:29:40 2003
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: Eddie Kay <ichthyos@mit.edu>
Cc: release-team@mit.edu
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Date: 03 Aug 2003 20:29:36 -0400
On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 19:22, Eddie Kay wrote:
> i'd like to see support for mp3's (and hence, shoutcast streams) be
> included again in the next athena release if possible.
I understand the inconvenience here, but is there any reason to believe
that these patent concerns aren't just as much of an issue for MIT as
they are for Red Hat? I know that Red Hat has sometimes been a bit more
paranoid about patents than is really warranted, but my understanding is
that MP3 decoding really is covered by patents, and the licensing terms
are not compatible with free software.
