[MPlayer-users] mp3 licensing

[Diego Biurrun]

gabor writes:
 > yes, according to other sources the licensing terms changed last in
 > 2001.8 .... so nothing new..
 > 
 > i think the reason why people has begun discussing this is the fact that
 > redhat removed all mp3-players from his new distro...

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.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241&mode=thread&tid=155

Diego