From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 12:57:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E17CBE5F for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com (mail-wi0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7CE90ADE for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:57:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id r20so427565wiv.0 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:57:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=TGlc1TkKMhO7V1ivAlIyNma/Pg5ojcLCmeKtmShOaBo=; b=ZNqStUX8fQYTr3uiTW7e/QztKvHvm+a79GdPDl6tKH2uDbEcoTdbMPEuqc+oGnAURY s7+BeP3x9FtL5rcyz2wMGgqNtaCJiLfu7RNpZLv+uwhARe6MVKyQXuI3zk7GgjzfCAig ciyNpoNViP/IPflzxb1cEe57CQ56RBPhqezWob5f6bQDgoQ2Zx7VOj+aPPQFvsOmnffX O5roL9K5NOI6dRhkg4pyC+Rg+OizelmNbKgCgjugixtW8ldcrdODbVAcKBwTDsZ1bv4n wBpUf9XeEmNJ7e+c/Sc0r69kM8kwxRZ8JAKNenhMdifUk8ot16wkIMSON1vlNyXGLESM +Krw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.142.166 with SMTP id rx6mr9018415wjb.38.1410958651756; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.190.78 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:57:31 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: audio/lame RESTRICTED status From: Ben Woods To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:57:34 -0000 I wanted to ask people's thoughts as to whether distributing compiled lame binaries with FreeBSD packages is legal? http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html This site lists licensing requirements for "PC software applications which incorporate mp3 / mp3PRO decoding (player, decoder) and software applications incorporate mp3 / mp3PRO encoding capabilities (encoder, ripper, recorder, jukebox)." This is also linked from the Lame website itself: http://www.mp3-tech.org/ (click on the patents and mp3 link on right) And from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....nd_legal_issues and note 5 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats#Notes -- From: Benjamin Woods woodsb02@gmail.com