[Bug 228441] audio/lame: Please re-open 219099, remove patent restrictions

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            Bug ID: 228441
           Summary: audio/lame: Please re-open 219099, remove patent
                    restrictions
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/lame_legal_issues.
                    html
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: netchild at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bobf at mrp3.com
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(netchild at FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: netchild at FreeBSD.org

Reference: 219099 which has been marked 'Closed Overcome by Events'

Please re-open 219099 or address with this bug report.

It has been over a year now since the patent has expired for the mp3 encoding
performed by audio/lame.

According to the Audacity web site, the patent licensing restriction is no
longer an issue

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/lame_legal_issues.html

As such it should be ok to remove the patent restrictions in line 17 of
Makefile:

RESTRICTED= patent issues

This will allow the package to build, preventing any package dependency
difficulties with other packages, such as mencoder.

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