From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 14:46:23 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 21468148 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:46:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oi0-x231.google.com (mail-oi0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D882885C for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oi0-f49.google.com with SMTP id x69so1009110oia.8 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:46:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=fL5j9xKoSvxHRJK22vT5CJvSgrGLnkHi6c9zibT//rc=; b=ewIkUEzYkmRqVtMZi2bkyqi7XcJdtcbKM2XVoVCUgOXLKPyY2oSNq2ut4SzQ3nwKZL whO5FsNIUm+poDfcwzzE3OeLHI1CZvIUhhqQUKLw2b/C90RK2Uia7pyEUp05HGJe1NKT 0gRvfITlqXwwqJav88ptVkdGt9NE60LXG3B+M= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=fL5j9xKoSvxHRJK22vT5CJvSgrGLnkHi6c9zibT//rc=; b=ImbRlXUNiHg4LFkH+wXR618qxNqY1vyL5gDN1IAGnuS79izASXcnANbHaG/w32p4ta +EUS4PDwSOODUjjYrDncelReK5CPIDVWLhhMp55Nqr2JDi0977+mxCTxfkRBHjhXK7xf JB1P2K8W03QMxj2/70V3VsTTKi84gmPixm1NfdZP6FaWHc06fVZBL5NXmVCbU4dhXrpN EknrME1tyh6team+Atz40vCihmnAsOPoJPu6jMmNQ3CDBjdXZi/xPKIiDCVmy4TTOyoc bU2TrVOEci3Bl2DSFdBiTHQNfMA81fQdMviXvlZA3KEzQPq23BannJuG3lI0ITCCliax poNg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmuHqg0w6A6Dd0wFrzwE6gsvljdRT/a4vA26tBEWx9WZNtwJJRmgkPtVpC6cmI1q+QCNEHk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.41.134 with SMTP id f6mr43567650oel.49.1410965181553; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:46:21 -0700 (PDT) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.76.141.136 with HTTP; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 07:46:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [2001:470:701f:7000::10] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 16:46:21 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 7pOhToU4IHpv_Vc5LsYPu29TIKg Message-ID: Subject: Re: audio/lame RESTRICTED status From: =?UTF-8?Q?Bernhard_Fr=C3=B6hlich?= To: Ben Woods Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:46:23 -0000 On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Ben Woods wrote: > I wanted to ask people's thoughts as to whether distributing compiled lame > binaries with FreeBSD packages is legal? No it isn't unless you have a license. You're giving the answer yourself already. > http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html > This site lists licensing requirements for "PC software applications which > incorporate mp3 / mp3PRO decoding (player, decoder) and software > applications incorporate mp3 / mp3PRO encoding capabilities (encoder, > ripper, recorder, jukebox)." > > This is also linked from the Lame website itself: http://www.mp3-tech.org/ > (click on the patents and mp3 link on right) > > And from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia....nd_legal_issues > and note 5 here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats#Notes -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/