audio/lame RESTRICTED status

[Bernhard Fröhlich]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Ben Woods <woodsb02 at gmail.com> 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

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Bernhard Froehlich
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