Royalty free gstreamer plug-in

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Fri Dec 23 13:09:24 UTC 2005


Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> If you want mp3 support in a region where software patents are enforced 
> you could use any recent version of RealPlayer or you can buy a 
> proprietary plugin from Fluendo and all your gstreamer enabled 
> application would potentially work seamlessly. Since gstreamer is sort 
> of the Free desktop standard with GNOME and increasingly KDE and many 
> other applications using it, this might be good news for them.
> 
> Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and all opinions expressed by me have so 
> far are my own.

On the positive side, I think Fedora is allowed now to write in FAQ or 
release notes: "to play mp3 files, go to this specific Fluendo page, 
click and install the rpm"

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