removed mp3 support in media players in fedora core 1

[Brian Huffman]

I assume that in this case, "distributing" means providing the FTP site...since
they've already stated that there will be no "packaged and shipped" Fedora Core?

Brian

fedora-list at redhat.com wrote: 
> On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 15:07, Brian Huffman wrote:
> > I have a more interesting question....Since Fedora is now a community
supported
> > project and RedHat is only "sponsoring" it, might that relieve RedHat of
legal
> > consequences of the patent issues?  Could we now include mp3 support?
> 
> No, since they are distributing it. Better to use an unencumbered audio
> scheme like ogg. Sometimes open source is about doing the right thing,
> not the easy thing. (Maybe more often than "sometimes," even.)
> 
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> Paul W. Frields, RHCE
> 
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