What's the current status of mp3-licensing issues?

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Thu Nov 1 13:57:20 UTC 2007


On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 09:54 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> I know the specific MP3 case "probably" qualify, but I found the
> phrase by itself is completely misleading.

To meet the criteria, we need to either feel certain that the code
utilizes patents without permission, or to be told by the patent holder
that a license is necessary to implement patents.

In the case of MP3, both criteria have been met.

~spot




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