On 3/14/07, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
In a region which recognized and allows software patents like in US,
you
can have a entirely Free and open source software and still be
restricted by patents. In such regions MP3 as a technology has
restrictions. Writing a software that infringes on a patent should be ok
as long as you dont redistribute it to a third party with appropriate
patent licenses. Even when you do have patent licenses you might be
infrigning on other similar patents for the same technology.
http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/02/microsoft_must_pay_in...
Using a MP3 player is restricted or allowed depending on whether it is
commercial or private use. In India or other regions which dont
recognize software patents either of these activities are completely legal.
Rahul, can you document it properly on
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/MP3 plz?
And possibly add a link to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/fluendo-mp3 as well :)
regards,
Chitlesh
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