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Date:      Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:35:23 +0400
From:      Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To:        Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org, cpiazza@freebsd.org, dburr@freebsd.org, demon@freebsd.org, dirk@freebsd.org, esk@ira.uka.de, greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org, knu@freebsd.org, leo@florida.sarang.net, markp@freebsd.org, nakai@freebsd.org, patrick@freebsd.org, petef@freebsd.org, vanilla@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RFC:  mark MP3 encoders, editors, and players RESTRICTED
Message-ID:  <20020828103523.A21676@comp.chem.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <20020828014959.G90781-100000@blues.jpj.net>; from trevor@jpj.net on Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:58:53AM -0400
References:  <20020828014959.G90781-100000@blues.jpj.net>

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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:58:53AM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> The Fraunhofer Institute seems to have discontinued the exception it was
> making for free software.

Could you provide a pointer to the details?  Has using any piece of
the mp3 technology in an application without having paid the royalty
become illegal?  If it's true, many free audio programs will have to
die, which will render the corresponding ports absolutely useless.

-- 
Yar

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