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> Although, coincidentally enough, mp3's patent expired recently as well. So you may not have to anymore. Are you sure? According to wikipedia it ends at the
by cJ0th 10y ago
> Although, coincidentally enough, mp3's patent expired recently as well. So you may not have to anymore.
Are you sure? According to wikipedia it ends at the end of 2017 (in the US) [0] Also, http://www.mp3licensing.com/ http://www.mp3licensing.com/ is still up and running.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing.2C_ownership_and_legislation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing.2C_ownership_and...
- loeg 10y agoI guess decoding expired a while ago: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/34NPNTJITRHRP2FRKKYGL2YMEUU4BDYF/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@lists.fe... Encoding is still encumbered for a little while.