[quake3] Mp3 support patch

[Thilo Schulz]

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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 18:54, Paul Gnuyen wrote:
> If you statically link to it you're still in bad shape though, note:
> "Thomson has stated that individuals using free MP3 encoders are not
> required to pay fees. Thus while patent fees have been an issue for
> companies attempting to use MP3, they have not meaningfully impacted
> users, allowing the format to grow in popularity."
>
> Means that people using your software will not be required to pay fees.
> If you distribute this software however, or develop it you're not
> protected.

You let the important part away and now try to prove your point with that.
The very first sentence of what I quoted was:
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Additionally, patent holders declined to enforce license fees on open source 
decoders, allowing many free MP3 decoders to develop.
###

I know this is Wikipedia and I know some information can be incorrect. I 
wonder though, the creators of xmms, mplayer, libmad, and a myriad of 
companies have decided to support it. This really is a non-issue.

> If you dynamically link it, it probably will make binary shipping a
> bitch, but I'm guessing that's not the goal?

On Linux dynamic linking is o.k. in my opinion. On windows it's not (as there 
is no package system where a user could simply install required dlls)

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Thilo Schulz
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