Josselin Mouette a écrit :
BTW, while the note #2 is an "activist" one, note #1 is a "pragmatic one". LGPLv2 theoritically prevents any patent holder or patent to distribute LAME. That is a huge problem for some companies, and goes far beyond only LAME.It only prevents redistribution by holders of a patent that applies to LAME, or by those who have bought a patent license. I think this is a desirable side effect.
Well, the only result is that some companies are then choosing to use a closed-source encoder from an other provider. To me that is hardly a desirable side effect.
(btw, that's bit off-topic, isn't it?) Regards, -- Gabriel Bouvigne www.mp3-tech.org personal page: http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org