On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 10:29:25PM -0500, William Ballard wrote: > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 07:04:22PM -0800, james wrote: > > Why can't lame be packaged in the non-free section? > > It's patent-encumbered; all mp3 software is. It's patent-encumbered by a company enforcing its patents... all software is likely to fall under some patent given the USPTO practices, but not all patent owners are trying to actively enforce their bogus patents. Chris