Mike A. Harris said: > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, William Hooper wrote: > [snip] >>> Just one example is we have several community associations that >>> record meetings and convert to MP3 for those that cant make it. >>> Oh no oh dear, I guess we'll be sued soon from the copyrite >>> cops, what next, we'll get sued by TDK for using there cassette >>> tapes? >> >>No license is needed, assuming these community associations meet >> Thomson's requirements: >>http://www.mp3licensing.com/help/developer.html#8 [snip] > > Once again, I urge you to read the GPL. The Thomson statements > do not void the legalese of the GPL license. Unless Thomson > *explicity* grants unlimited royalty free license, in writing, to the > author of a GPL program that the technology covered by their > patents may be used *unrestricted* and completely redistributable in > GPL licensed software, then the GPL license of that software > can not be upheld. ]snip] > -- > Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris > OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat
I think you have misunderstood my comment, Mike. I stated that the community association does not need a license to distribute the MP3 *data* files they are creating. I agree completely with the statement that the GPL doesn't allow MP3 *programs* to exist because of the patent issues. -- William Hooper -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
