svn commit: r440340 - head/audio/lame
Alexander Leidinger
netchild at FreeBSD.org
Sun May 7 15:37:34 UTC 2017
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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