Posted by: reedes
royalty fee to be required for mp3 decoders - 27/08/2002 14:36
$0.75 per decoder ain't bad actually. However, it's $60K for a distribution license.
http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
requisite slashdot thread:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241
The big question:
How will this affect the distribution of the MAD, mpg123 and other open-source mp3 decoders? If their distribution is restricted, does that mean that the mp3 decoder must be removed from Dave's and Reza's clients?
--Reed http://jreceiver.sourceforge.net