Bug#90091: ITP: lame - mp3 encoder
On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Adam Conrad wrote:
> As I understand it, it's only the end-users of encoders (not the writers or
> distributors) who are subject to the licensing fee. That said, Pandora is
> in the Netherlands, so couldn't the issue be skirted by making the package
> non-US/non-free, and pointing the end user towards docs which explain the
> situation to them, should the choose to download and use it?
There are several mirrors of non-US in Germany.
And according to [1] the patents are also valid in the Netherlands.
> In the end, it looks to me like it's the end user's responsibility here, not
> the distributor, and I'd hate to see a package not make it in because The
> Debian Project is going to assume that their US and German users are
> unwilling to read a disclaimer and act accordingly.
We must ensure that there's no legal risk for any of our mirrors or it's a
danger for Debian as a whole.
> ... Adam
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Adrian
[1] http://mp3licensing.com/patents.html
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