Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 30, 2002 01:51 AM
Judging by that quote from GPL and the quote from Thompson (I am not a lawyer) then mp3 players are GPL-compatible, (as the patent-holder licenses royalty-free) BUT mp3 encoders perhaps should not include GPL software.
So I would expect to see LGPL and Berkeley-style licenses on ENCODER software when freely distributed, and maybe CD vendors will have to negotiate distribution royalties.
This is well-known by the vendors. SuSE does include xmms and vorbis-tools, but won't distribute LAME on CD.
So nothing has changed<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... as Roblimo said<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... except that vendors can use Ogg Vorbis as a lever to negotiate cheaper royalties from Thompson/Fraunhofer.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 30, 2002 01:51 AMthen mp3 players are GPL-compatible, (as the patent-holder licenses royalty-free)
BUT mp3 encoders perhaps should not include GPL software.
So I would expect to see LGPL and Berkeley-style licenses on ENCODER software when freely distributed, and maybe CD vendors will have to negotiate distribution royalties.
This is well-known by the vendors. SuSE does include xmms and vorbis-tools, but won't distribute LAME on CD.
So nothing has changed<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... as Roblimo said<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... except that vendors can use Ogg Vorbis as a lever to negotiate cheaper royalties from Thompson/Fraunhofer.
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