[CALUG] Podcast *player* plug-in for Firefox 1.5?

[Dave Dodge]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:44:43PM -0500, Rajiv Gunja wrote:
> M4A is a new or latest standard, which is according to me is awesome. M4A ->
> MPEG 4 Audio, which is an International standard. The plus for us "open
> source ppl" no licenses or royalty need to be given for streaming or sharing
> the file in M4A format.

The streams themselves may be freely distributable, but a quick search
suggests that the encoding and decoding/playback software is still
supposed to be licensed:

  http://www.vialicensing.com/products/mpeg4audio/MPEG-4_Audio_FAQ.html

...not that this sort of thing stops people from making and giving
away unlicensed implementations anyway.

                                                  -Dave Dodge