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		thisrod on May 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The licensing program for MP3-related patents has ... > The real issue There's real a higher-order issue, too. Why did anyone want GNU to incorporate an MP3 player in the first place? There is no law of physics that requires songs to be encoded as MP3.

la_oveja on May 2, 2017 [–]

> Why did anyone want GNU to incorporate an MP3 player in the first place? There is no law of physics that requires songs to be encoded as MP3.

Dude, in 2006 ALL MUSIC was mp3.

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