Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 20:01:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r476193 - in head/audio/lame: . files Message-ID: <201808012001.w71K1Slh060704@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: netchild Date: Wed Aug 1 20:01:27 2018 New Revision: 476193 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/476193 Log: Move patents text from the Makefile to a file. While I'm here, make it more an explanatory text than just a copy&paste from the previous comment of the Makefile. Requested by: portmgr (mat) Added: head/audio/lame/files/ head/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt (contents, props changed) Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/audio/lame/Makefile Wed Aug 1 19:55:35 2018 (r476192) +++ head/audio/lame/Makefile Wed Aug 1 20:01:27 2018 (r476193) @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PORTNAME= lame PORTVERSION= 3.100 -PORTREVISION= 1 +PORTREVISION= 2 CATEGORIES= audio MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME:tl}/3.100 @@ -15,16 +15,7 @@ LICENSE_COMB= multi LICENSE_FILE_LGPL20+ = ${WRKSRC}/COPYING LICENSE_NAME_PATENTS= Intellectual Property Precaution LICENSE_PERMS_PATENTS= dist-mirror dist-sell no-pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell auto-accept -LICENSE_TEXT_PATENTS= 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 binary package or not. \ - Linux distributions seem to go the "let\'s see if get sued" way, FreeBSD does not \ - follow this. +LICENSE_FILE_PATENTS= $(FILESDIR)/lame_patents.txt USES= gmake iconv libtool USE_LDCONFIG= yes Added: head/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ head/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt Wed Aug 1 20:01:27 2018 (r476193) @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# $FreeBSD$ + +Intellectual Property Precaution + +Verious sources explain that the MP3 patents are expired. Various +linux distributions provide precompiled LAME packages for download +since then. + +Most sources, (e.g. http://www.mp3licensing.com/) only talk 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 e.g. multi-channel related. +Multi-channel (>2 channels) is not implemented in LAME, but this +doesn't mean that there are other patents which could match what +is 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 binary package or not. + +Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way, +FreeBSD does not follow this. +
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