I *think* we're good to do this. If you could send a patch with a nice long commit message with sources and comparisons to other distros, then we can have a concrete patch to review and get further advice on.
Ross On 15 April 2018 at 09:12, Carlos Rafael Giani <d...@pseudoterminal.org> wrote: > Please note that the Fraunhofer page is from May 2017. These sources suggest > that the final patent expired in December 2017: > > https://madfileformatscience.garymcgath.com/2016/04/05/mp3patent/ > https://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/ > > Fedora now added LAME and mpg123 support, since they consider the patents > expired: https://fedoramagazine.org/full-mp3-support-coming-soon-to-fedora/ > > Fraunhofer terminated the mp3 licensing program in April 2017: > https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/amm/prod/audiocodec/audiocodecs/mp3.html > > (German source) wikimedia now allows mp3 uploads: > https://netzpolitik.org/2017/wikimedia-erlaubt-upload-von-mp3-dateien/ > > > > On 2018-04-14 16:16, Khem Raj wrote: >> >> On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Carlos Rafael Giani >> <d...@pseudoterminal.org> wrote: >>> >>> The lame and mpg123 can be built only if the commercial flag is >>> whitelisted. >>> >>> However, the remaining mp3 patents expired in December, and no more >>> royalties exist. This is why in GStreamer, the mpg123 and lame plugins >>> were >>> moved from -ugly to -good. >>> >>> So, can we drop the commercial flag in mpg123 and lame? >>> >> We probably need more clarification see >> http://www.audioblog.iis.fraunhofer.com/mp3-software-patents-licenses/ >> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Openembedded-core mailing list >>> Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org >>> http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
