Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-27 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Olivier Thauvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I think mp3 players MUST be present in commercial editions. Yes, maybe on our proprietary CD's we can include mp3 players, this would sort of fix a bit of the problem (plf/download for people using GPL edition). But I'm not sure there

Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-27 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Pascal Terjan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But will people use an OS that can't play the mp3 CDs they spent years to fill ? We will investigate the legal issue, but I deeply agree that if we will need to release without mp3 support, it will be a big step backward for users :-((. I think mp3

Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-26 Thread Olivier Thauvin
Le Lundi 26 Août 2002 18:13, Steve Fox a écrit : http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70983 It appears that as of a couple months ago you now need a license to decode MP3s too. Long live Ogg! Two point: - If mandrake want remove all mp3 support (encoding AND decoding)... xmms

[Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-26 Thread Steve Fox
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70983 It appears that as of a couple months ago you now need a license to decode MP3s too. Long live Ogg! -- Steve Fox http://k-lug.org

Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-26 Thread Jure Repinc
Olivier Thauvin wrote: Le Lundi 26 Août 2002 18:13, Steve Fox a écrit : http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70983 It appears that as of a couple months ago you now need a license to decode MP3s too. Long live Ogg! Yup Ogg Vorbis rules. I use it exclusively for quite some time

Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-26 Thread Pascal Terjan
Olivier Thauvin wrote: Le Lundi 26 Août 2002 18:13, Steve Fox a écrit : http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70983 It appears that as of a couple months ago you now need a license to decode MP3s too. Long live Ogg! Two point: - If mandrake want remove all mp3

Re: [Cooker] Better remove MP3 support

2002-08-26 Thread Ben Reser
On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:36:27PM -0500, Igor Izyumin wrote: I'd verify this with a lawyer first, though. How was the situation different 3 months ago? Also, MP3 is such an essential app that Mandrake will certainly lose users if they don't include it in the package. Hardly anyone