Olivier Thauvin wrote: > Le Lundi 26 Août 2002 18:13, Steve Fox a écrit : > >> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70983 >> >> It appears that as of a couple months ago you now need a license to decode MP3s too. >> Long live Ogg! > > Two point: > > - If mandrake want remove all mp3 support (encoding AND decoding)... xmms should be > remove too, and lot of other stuff
It looks like xmms uses a plugin(libmpg123). So xmms could be installed with only vorbis plugin. But will people use an OS that can't play the mp3 CDs they spent years to fill ? I think mp3 players MUST be present in commercial editions.