Maybe you can clarify a point. Either in this discussion or another I recently had, we were debating the legalities of the MP3 file format itself. I asserted that the MP3 FILE format was not considered to be proprietary since it was by definition "open". Now I've been convinced that the problem lies in the encoder & decoder patents held by Fraunhoffer which is really the big problem... However, I'm still splitting this hair... According to the postings, you COULD theoretically create a MP3 encoder which does not violate Fraunhoffer's supposed patents, though as stated, this would be next to impossible... In turn this implies that the file format itself is not covered by the patents. -JMS -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Cox Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 11:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mp3 encoder missing??? On Monday, Aug 13, 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > What about WinAmp's plugin which is not Franhoffer based nor has > royalties associated with it? The plugin that comes with WinAmp is a decoder, not an encoder. They don't mind you listening to an .mp3, it's creating one that's the problem. There is an .mp3 encoder plugin for WinAmp, but from the readme.txt that comes with it: -- Paul Cox <paul at coxcentral dot com> Kernel: 2.4.7-8mdk - Uptime: 1 day 13 hours 12 minutes.
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