MP3 Decoding Patent Is Expiring, Linux Distro Could Integrate It by Default - Softpedia - 0 views
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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 29 Sep 15"The patent legislation is extremely complicated and unclear The MP3 decoding patent is one those things that seems pretty harmless and present in pretty much any device around us, but it's actually something that generates tons of money per unit for Fraunhofer and Thompson. Linux distributions need to offer this feature and it means integrating a proprietary solution, although there is some hope now that the patent seems to have expired."
