MP3 and the OLPC

[Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves]

On 1/14/08, Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com> wrote:
> To be shipped on the OLPC platform, code and binaries must be a few
> things:
>
> 1) Open Source
> 2) Free of known patent encumbrance
> 3) Redistributable/transferrable

You will notice that the XO laptop ships with support for three audio
codecs known to be the best in their specific area even when compared
with proprietary ones.  Vorbis for lossy music, FLAC for lossless
music, and Speex for human voice (very useful for podcasts).  And best
of all, they fulfill all of those requirements you mention.

Keep spreading files in those formats for a world of Open Media.

-Ivo