From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Dec 5 5:29:49 2000 From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 05:29:47 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from jamus.xpert.com (jamus.xpert.com [199.203.132.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3901037B400; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 05:29:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from roman (helo=localhost) by jamus.xpert.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #5) id 143I9s-0002K0-00; Tue, 05 Dec 2000 15:29:24 +0200 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:29:24 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon To: SADA Kenji Cc: , , Subject: Re: RESTRICTED flag could be needed for ports/audio/lame In-Reply-To: <200012051321.WAA67060@home.bsdclub.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, SADA Kenji wrote: > >From CVS log of ports/audio/lame/Makefile: > > > Code is now under GPL, remove the RESTRICTED flag. > > > > Submitted by: Roman Shterenzon > > LAME ports' restriction was for mp3 patent sake, > not for code copyright. No, they used to be patch to the fh code, which couldn't be redistributed afaik. > Please see http://lame.sourceforge.net : > > "Personal and commercial use of compiled versions of LAME (or any other > mp3 encoder) requires a patent license in some countries." > > Are you completely sure it is safe ? Note the word "use" - not "distribute", the code and binary can be distributed, it may not be used somewhere under certain circumstances. People kill people, not guns or bullets. > # My comment ``condition is not clear'' was not suitable, sorry. it surely wasn't clear :) > --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message