[linux-audio-dev] please help: enumerating library requirements

[Oliver Frommel]

> >
> > Mp3 is problematic because of the MP3 patent issue. I haven't
> > investigated it fully, but I may be able to offer MP3 as a format 
> > that can be read but not written.
> 
> Couldn't someone in a country without software patents code an MP3 write
> module that could be distributed as a patch or separate version of
> libsndfile? Or are the Fraunhofer patents more than just pure software
> patents?
> 

How much is a license anyway? Couldn't the companies
making money off Linux get together and buy like
a general Linux MP3 codec license?

Oliver