*snip*
If
there was a BSD "copyright" licensed implementation out there for mp3,
that would change things considerable. BSD "copyright" license is
perfectly compatible with non-commercial use "patent" licenses like
what Fraunhofer currently allows.
So that somebody would write a BSD gstreamer mp3 plugin, and RH would
call Fraunhofer and get the goahead for Fedora - it would be OK (but
they would have to pay fraunhofer for distributing the same plugin with
RHEL?)?