Siddharth Upmanyu wrote:
Fact : Mp3 decoding is not legal without paying royalty fees (in
some
countries)...
Case : XYZ installs FedoraCore (100% OSS Guaranteed :-) ) and installs
his fav MP3 player from say Yum or RPM download or...
Now is it illegal to :
1. Write an MP3 (decoder which is available for free download) player
2 Use this MP3 Player
3. <if i missed anything>
1. write? ok, as long as you don't share it. :)
2. use? probably not, but no one will probably care.
3. (you missed) (re)distributing said mp3 encoder/decoder, illegal, tied
to your "Fact" above.
-- Rex