[Ambassadors] Legal Stuff Regarding Non-Free/Query

[Rex Dieter]

Siddharth Upmanyu wrote:

> Fact : Mp3 decoding is not legal without paying royalty fees (in some
> countries)...
> 
> Case : XYZ installs FedoraCore (100% OSS Guaranteed :-) ) and installs
> his fav MP3 player from say Yum or RPM download or...
> 
> Now is it illegal to :
> 1. Write an MP3 (decoder which is available for free download) player
> 2 Use this MP3 Player
> 3. <if i missed anything>

1. write? ok, as long as you don't share it. :)
2. use?  probably not, but no one will probably care.
3. (you missed) (re)distributing said mp3 encoder/decoder, illegal, tied
to your "Fact" above.

-- Rex