Redhat 8 & CD Mousikis & mp3

[fateswarm]

On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 02:39:55AM +0200, Steve Stavropoulos wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Nikos Kanellopoulos wrote:
> 
> > Εχθές αγόρασα καινούρια ηχειάκια και είχα
> > την ευκαιρία να δοκιμάσω τον ήχο στο RH 8.
> >
> > Τέλος πάντων, αφού κατάλαβα και επιβεβαίωσα
> > ότι μάλλον αφαίρεσαν την υποστήριξη για mp3
> > (ogg έπαιζε), δοκίμασα να παίξω ένα CD μουσικής.
> 
>  Why did Red Hat remove mp3 support from 8.0?
> 
> Due to patent licensing, and conflicts between such patent licenses and
> the licenses of application source code, MPEG-1/2 audio layer 3 (mp3)
> support has been removed from applications in Red Hat Linux such as XMMS
> and noatun. Red Hat suggests the use of Ogg Vorbis(TM), an open,
> non-proprietary, patent-and-royalty-free compressed audio format.
> Summary: Because of the restrictions on mp3 licenses, no GPL license can
> be applied to mp3 technology.
> 
>  Read the official Red Hat statement here.
> http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_80mm.html
>  Guru Labs xmms MP3 plugin for RHL 8.0
> http://www.gurulabs.com/downloads.html
> 
>  To sxetiko rpm einai to
> http://www.gurulabs.com/files/xmms-mp3-1.2.7-13.p.i386.rpm
>  Fysika kalo einai na mhn to xrhsimopoihseis kai aplws na gyriseis se
> ogg.

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