removed mp3 support in media players in fedora core 1

George Farris farrisg at mala.bc.ca
Thu Dec 4 21:12:03 UTC 2003


> 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?

Come on folks.  Every time someone complains about the lack of mp3
support it irks me.  What you're saying here is ignore the mp3 license
but uphold the GPL.  Think about it.  If we want people to respect the
GPL then we must respect other licenses.

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George Farris	farrisg at mala.bc.ca
Malaspina University-College - Cowichan Campus





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