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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:57:31 +0800
From:      Ben Woods <woodsb02@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   audio/lame RESTRICTED status
Message-ID:  <CAOc73CAw2DZ0WrXCw-BZjHUYjA8OybUUgZyUfPQy0NUkPX-svA@mail.gmail.com>

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I wanted to ask people's thoughts as to whether distributing compiled lame
binaries with FreeBSD packages is legal?

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

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From: Benjamin Woods
woodsb02@gmail.com



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