On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 11:20:45AM +0100, Daniel James wrote: > > > I think the existence of the http://mp3licensing.com/ site shows > > > that it is actively enforced.
> > I think that's a website. Evidence of active enforcement are cease > > and desist letters, out-of-court settlements, or lawsuits. > Ancient history. That happened back in the 90's, and was the catalyst > for work to begin on the free software alternatives, such as Ogg > Vorbis. See for example: > http://www.8hz.com/mp3/ No. That website refers to enforcement of patents on mp3 *encoders*, not on mp3 *de*coders. Please do not conflate the two issues. (Well, I suppose that you can in your own work, but Debian will continue to consider them separately.) -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]