But now that we have an open-source encoder (LAME) I wonder if this is still the case?
i.e. I wonder if LAME was based on reverse-engineering the Fraunhofer encoder and can it be shut down by them? --- Pat Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hal9000 wrote: > > You are going to invest a lot of time ripping > > your collection...go with open source > formats...FLAC/MP3 ftw! > > I think that technically, MP3 is not open source. > It was invented and first pushed by FraunHofer. > http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/ > > FLAC and OggVorbis were designed from the start to > be open source, > free, etc. > > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html > > _______________________________________________ > ripping mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping > __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
