gstreamer and mp3

[John Harvey]

People do not seem to comprehend that one, the fact that unlike the
others fraunhofer are serious about protection of their patents and will
litigate - there is a world of difference between AOL and Gaim where AOL
eventually saw the market and fraunhofer who dont care about it.

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 08:26 +0200, Robert Renling wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:01:12 -0700, Eugenia Loli-Queru
> <eloli at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Any plans to include the gstreamer-mp3 plugin (via lame) on universe?
> > >> Sound
> > >> Juicer doesn't let me encode in mp3 you see...
> > 
> > >mp3 encoders require patent royalties.
> > 
> > Please don't start that old game. Instant messaging technologies also
> > require royalties or licensing, and in fact AOL and Y! wanted in the past to
> > shut down cloners, however Gaim is distributed freely with all distros and
> > no one cares. That's hypocricy IMHO.
> > 
> > Eugenia 
> 
> Fraunhofer litigate, yahoo and aol do not.
> it makes perfect sense to be cautious.
> 
> cheers.
> Rob.
>