[quake3] Mp3 support patch

[Tim Stowell]

Taking the patent issue further, don't you have to pay a license to the MP3
patent holders to legally use their codec (even for the binaries)? Not
trying to put a damper on the integration as I think it's a great idea, just
not sure about the legalities.

On 10/4/06, Joerg Dietrich <Dietrich_Joerg at t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > I intend to add mp3 support to the svn codebase soon. It has worked
> flawlessly with EliteForce sound data
> > which is on the largest part mp3 based, so it is well tested. (x86,
> x86_64, ppc, Linux, MacOSX, Windows...)
> > ...
> > Protest now, or I will apply the changes in a few days.
>
> No protest but some concerns here. MP3 is a heavily patented technology
> and the patents are heavily defended. So this patch is very risky.
> But as long as we do not include any of the decoding routines in the
> source (not even to make compiling on Windows and Mac easier ;)
> we should be safe.
>
> Joerg
>
>
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