[lug] redhat beta musings

[Sean Reifschneider]

>As far as I knew, the patents only covered the encoders.  I've never heard 
>about patents covering the decoders...  I see the reference to slashdot.

The deal is that they're looking for $0.75 per *DECODER*.  See the
following:

   http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241&mode=thread&tid=155

Sean
-- 
 I put my hand upon her lever, said "let it rock and let it roll."
 I had the one-arm-bandit fever, it was an arrow through my heart, that's all.
Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
tummy.com, ltd. - Linux Consulting since 1995.  Qmail, Python, SysAdmin