On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 23:00, Todd Berman wrote: > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 22:50 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 20:42, Todd Berman wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 18:35 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 18:24, Dr Molly Cheah wrote: > > > > > Why not convert to mp3 files and podcast it? > > > > > Molly > > > > > > > > > > > > > Because you need a license for the mp3 format, you get sued and then it > > > > sucks. > > > > > > > > > > You need a license if you are making money with mp3s, and not an > > > insignificant bit of money. > > > > > > > You mean like all the Free Operating system distros? Its, as a fact, > > and after dealing with them first hand when we did our radio show, A LOT > > more complicated and difficult than that. > > > > I find that very very interesting that you bring that up. The reason RH > doesn't distribute mp3 decoders has nothing to do with licensing costs, > and everything to do with patent concerns. And if you look at something > like SuSE, which *does* distribute mp3 support (that they pay Real a > sublicensing fee for) you will see a lot of "Free Operating system > distros" that do support it. >
SuSE does not have any mp3 support any longer except for the real player if you opt in for it with a seperate licensing agreement. Otherwise there are no, none, clean of any mp3, lame or any other mp3 libraries on SuSE Ruben > Not to mention that it is insanely easy to install mp3 support on all > distros that choose not to package it on their cd-roms. > > Either way, I find it very difficult to believe that something like a > random WorldVistA conference call would be an issue where there are > thousands of people podcasting to audiences greater than 20 people on a > mailing list. > > But, then again, I prefer the pragmatic approach over the idealistic > approach preferred by some zealots. I'm sure we can just debate this for > the next 3 days and 30 emails instead of actually publishing the call in > either format. That seems to be the preferred route... > > --Todd > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
