Fluendo announces moneyfree+legal or just free MP3 audio decoding for GNU/Linux and Unix

[Michael Shigorin]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 10:22:39PM +0200, Michael Shigorin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 03:59:09PM +0100, ulrich steffens wrote:
> > is this some sort of christmas present?
> Hm, it seems to be non-free and makes me wonder how is it
> better or patent-free than e.g. lame-based code.

http://www.fluendo.com/resources/fluendo_mp3.php

I guess it's still no better solution for Ubuntu users than
already existing code even if Fluendo's decision to do what
they've done is honorable.  As recently explained, 

http://www.fluendo.com/resources/Contract_for_Distributions_mp3.pdf

seemingly won't be signed by Canoncal for Ubuntu.

Still, this seems indeed a present.  Thanks Fluendo!

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