1 Dec
2005
1 Dec
'05
6:26 a.m.
Pete Leigh wrote:
On 01/12/05, Erik de Castro Lopo
<mle+la(a)mega-nerd.com> wrote:
This is actually not all that helpful. There are a number of people
linking libsndfile dynamically to commercial applications. Add code
for MP3 then makes it hard for them.
I'd also hate to get into a situation where these people have to pay
someone else to use the library that I have put so much work into ;-).
Erik
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This does it for me:
Daunting indeed! But see also:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2005-February/msg00040.html
Judging by that, it seems that GPL decoders (and even encoders) may
be ok with the patent holders (though I suspect you'd want to
confirm it with the source of the info).
OTOH, short of an explicit and public exemption clause for non-commercial
use, every encouragement for people to move over to ogg is probably
worthwhile :)