[MPlayer-users] Re: thinking about mpeg4 licence etc.

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Sun Jun 2 23:06:01 CEST 2002


Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > Patents apply to every implementation (unlike copyright). So even if
> > you code it from scratch, you are still bound by the patents.
> 
> ok, but then what about lame?
> 
> it's an mp3 encoder... i don't think they pay anything to frauenhofer...
> 

hehe :)
no, lame is not an encoder. it isn't even an application, it's just a
collection or various sources, just like mplayer was some time ago...


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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