[Freeciv-Dev] Re: sound development

[Tuomas Airaksinen <tuma@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 06:23:28PM +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 01:59:34AM +0300, Tuomas Airaksinen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 01:57:24PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > > At 12:06 AM 6/23/00 +0300, Tuomas Airaksinen wrote:
> > > >And there are gpl'd mp3 encoders like bladeenc, so what's really
> > > >the problem?
> > > 
> > > The MP3 encoding scheme's patented. It doesn't matter whether there are 
> > > encoders (or decoders, I think) under the GPL (or LGPL, or Artistic, or 
> > > BSD, or whatever)--they're all illegal unless the authors have a license 
> > > from the patent holder.
> > 
> > So mpg123 devels (and others) are criminals? 
> > 
> > Hmm...
> 
> If they live in Europe, then no (Munich Convention, point 52.5)
> If they live in US, then yes
> 
> I would suggest OGG VORBIS (visit http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ for details)
> that is patentless, LGPL/GPL etc.
> 
> When 1.12 will be out OGG VORBIS will be stable enough.

But newer as good as mp3(/4), I suppose. They both develop.

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