Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 15:37:33 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r440340 - head/audio/lame Message-ID: <201705071537.v47FbX9q005412@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: netchild Date: Sun May 7 15:37:33 2017 New Revision: 440340 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/440340 Log: Clarify the patent issues in a comment given recent enquiries. This port is still restricted. Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile Modified: head/audio/lame/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/audio/lame/Makefile Sun May 7 15:04:55 2017 (r440339) +++ head/audio/lame/Makefile Sun May 7 15:37:33 2017 (r440340) @@ -15,7 +15,17 @@ USE_LDCONFIG= yes GNU_CONFIGURE= yes CONFIGURE_ARGS= --enable-nasm --enable-mp3rtp --disable-gtktest -RESTRICTED= patent issues, see http://www.mp3licensing.com/ +RESTRICTED= patent issues +# http://www.mp3licensing.com/ only talks about the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio +# but there are also portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and +# Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent -> Alcatel). +# Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3 patents. Some +# of the more recent ones are multi-channel related, which is not implemented in LAME. +# There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent exists, which +# one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet) expired. As such it is not +# known if LAME could now be distributed as a binaty package or not. +# Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way, FreeBSD doesn't +# follow this. DOC_FILES= API LICENSE README TODO USAGE
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