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

[Jarno Elonen]

> > it's an mp3 encoder... i don't think they pay anything to frauenhofer...
>
> IANAL, but I think that patents apply to the _use_ of the software,
> not the distribution. So if _you_ use it, _you_ have to get a patent
> license.

Right, altough you can buy the license on behalf of your "clients".

Is it possible to make (and can Mplayer already play) Xvid:s with Ogg Vorbis 
audio tracks instead of MP3? It would be very good to stard using 
non-patented alternatives as widely as possible.

- Jarno