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

2002-08-27 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

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 > e

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 remo

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

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)... x