Fedora's way forward
Eric S. Raymond
esr at thyrsus.com
Tue Mar 28 16:54:43 UTC 2006
Andy Burns <fedora at adslpipe.co.uk>:
> Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>
> >The page says $50K one time flat fee for a decoder.
>
> And an £15K minimum annual royalty?
I don't see that.
> Presumably they won't allow source
> distribution, Fedora/RedHat might just as well point people to Fluendo's
> paid up binary only MP3 plugin https://shop.fluendo.com/
No, there's a crucial distinction. Consumers think they should get this
capability bundled with their OS, not have to pay extra after the sale.
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