Hi, Anders Johansson schrieb:
On Thursday 25 August 2005 21:20, Detlef Wiese wrote:
I read the other replies to this and do only want to contribute by giving a short explanation about the legal implications.
MP3 as well als CSS (Content Scrambling System for encrypting commercial films on DVD) are copyrighted and are not open source.
Unfortunately itäs not a question of copyright. If it were, all you'd need is a clean room implementation (without seeing the original source) and you'd be free and clear. This is a question of patents, and with patents it doesn't matter if you did it yourself, you still need a license.
... Thanks for updating me with your comments. They make it even more clear why the problem exists with at least Linux most distributions. Detlef