Re: Is anyone packaging `lame' ?
On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 08:28:13PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, David Starner wrote:
>
> > > In the US they do. Surely someone in (say) the UK could package it - we
> > > couldn't have it in the main section, but people living in countries where
> > > software patents don't exist would be okay.
> >
> > The mp3 patent is a German patent also (hence it can't go into non-free).
>
> Why does it make a difference if it is patented only in the USA or
> patented in Germany, too?
I meant non-US. There's no reason to carry it in non-free instead of
main - it's LGPL, and either way carries a decent chance of getting
sued for it. (The patent on the encoder is being actively enforced.)
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