From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Sun May 7 15:37:34 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AFBD61E9B; Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E8A4141A; Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v47FbX32005413; Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:33 GMT (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from netchild@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v47FbX9q005412; Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:33 GMT (envelope-from netchild@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201705071537.v47FbX9q005412@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: netchild set sender to netchild@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Alexander Leidinger Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:33 +0000 (UTC) To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r440340 - head/audio/lame X-SVN-Group: ports-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 15:37:34 -0000 Author: netchild Date: Sun May 7 15:37:33 2017 New Revision: 440340 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/440340 Log: Clarify the patent issues in a comment given recent enquiries. This port is still restricted. Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/audio/lame/Makefile Sun May 7 15:04:55 2017 (r440339) +++ head/audio/lame/Makefile Sun May 7 15:37:33 2017 (r440340) @@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ USE_LDCONFIG= yes GNU_CONFIGURE= yes CONFIGURE_ARGS= --enable-nasm --enable-mp3rtp --disable-gtktest -RESTRICTED= patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/ +RESTRICTED= patent issues +# http://www.mp3licensing.com/ only talks about the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio +# but there are also portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and +# Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent -> Alcatel). +# Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3 patents. Some +# of the more recent ones are multi-channel related, which is not implemented in LAME. +# There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent exists, which +# one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet) expired. As such it is not +# known if LAME could now be distributed as a binaty package or not. +# Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way, FreeBSD doesn't +# follow this. DOC_FILES= API LICENSE README TODO USAGE