GStreamer's MP3 for Linux: Thanks, but no thanks.

GStreamer's MP3 for Linux: Thanks, but no thanks.

Posted Jan 2, 2006 22:16 UTC (Mon) by piman (subscriber, #8957)
In reply to: GStreamer's MP3 for Linux: Thanks, but no thanks. by jdub
Parent article: GStreamer's MP3 for Linux

The point is that, since only the binary is patent-licensed, it does no good for free software. I can't link it to GPLd software. And if I choose to "risk" violating the patent, I can just use MAD, which is a better decoder than this.

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