Comment 11 for bug 528910

When I wrote the bug report I was under the impression that the Fluendo MP3 codecs were not gratis. Apparently, Fluendo now provides it for no charge. It's even included in Ubuntu and Debian's repositories.
The restrictions of the MP3 format are not as bad as I once thought them to be, however, they're still serious enough to be excluded from the default installation of Ubuntu. I still think the Ubuntu brand should not be associated with it.