On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:45:13PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > What, exactly, would they have licensed? The GPL forbids distribution > of software that would place encumberances upon the recipients, which > Thompson's patents do. All common mp3 software is available only under > the GPL.
It might be possible with enough money to get a license for any/all GPLed software. This would result in a situation like that of QT -- if you want to make proprietary software, you'd still have to buy your own license. This is maybe improbable now, but as the technology gets older, it could happen. -- Matthew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
