Bug#197053: ITP: stk -- C++ classes for audio digital signal processing

["Adam Majer" <adamm@galacticasoftware.com>]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 07:06:20PM +0200, Guenter Geiger (Debian/GNU) wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Version: unavailable; reported 2003-06-11
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : stk
>   Version         : 4.1.1
>   Upstream Author : Perry R. Cook
> * URL             : http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/
> * License         : see below
>   Description     : C++ classes for audio digital signal processing
> 
> The license might be problematic though:
> 
> If you make a million dollars with it, give us some.  If you make 
> compositions with it, put us in the program notes.
> 
> Some of the concepts are covered by various patents, some known to us and 
> likely others which are unknown.  Many of the ones known to us are 

I think this should go into non-free at best. Or even better, 
non-free/non-US. Unless some of these patents apply incountries
other than US. For example, MP3 encoders cannot be included in
Debian at all because of the patent problems.

- Adam