gstreamer and mp3

[Matthew Garrett]

On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 12:12 -0500, Shawn Hansen wrote:
> I'm not picking sides here, but I think the point she was trying to
> make is that gaim is not "free" as in the "debian way", and while it
> is unlikely that litigation will ever arise from AOL, it is a
> possibility.

Debian policy has generally been to ignore unenforced patents. Shipping
unlicensed MP3 encoders in a high-profile distribution is an extremely
good way to get sued. Being concerned about every possible patent, on
the other hand, would result in a distribution with no software
whatsoever.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org