[MPlayer-users] mp3 licensing

[Sylvain Petreolle]

 --- Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> a écrit : > [Automatic answer: RTFM
(read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
no, there is misunderstanding.
see http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1633205&tid=17
no fee is needed for the use of free players.

> Hi,
> 
> > No, they changed the licensing terms for freely distributable
> players
> > that used to be exempt from fees.  Now they have to pay just like
> > anybody else, 0,75. per decoder.
> 
> it's just the same story as with the one of .gif images
> 
> .gif was declared illegal years ago, people started to delete their
> gif
> files but teh net is still full of them
> 
> don't expect me to break 120 CDs of mp3 now
> nor to paid for using mplayer :)
> 
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
> 
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