Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Very normal ... > > Red Hat is a US based company and the Source RPMs that they provide do > not play MP3's > > This is because it is currently a patent violation in the USA to > distribute an MP3 player without licensing it through at least 2 > companies. > > See this link for background: > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070222-8910.html > > Being that I do not have a spare $1.52 billion dollars lying around to > be able to distribute MP3 playing technology either ... you'll have to > figure out how to enable MP3's in CentOS 5 via google :P > > Before anyone starts complaining and whining about the USA and it's > patent laws, etc., etc. ... I do not like software patents, I think > they suck too ... everyone at CentOS thinks they suck ... HOWEVER, I > still don't have $1.52 dollars, so we will continue not shipping an MP3 > player in CentOS. OK Johnny, I know the stupid software patent issues and their effects against progress (it is like patenting colour combinations in paintings).