Hi On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:52:37 +0100 Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%joyent.com@localhost> wrote: > Currently faad2 is marked as RESTRICTED, which matches the > audiocoding.com homepage which suggests that binary distributions are > not permitted due to patent issues. > > However, Debian appear to include it in their main archive: > > http://packages.debian.org/stable/faad > > It seems unlikely that the Debian guys would make such a mistake, so > does the patent no longer apply or is something else going on? I'm > struggling to find any clear references for this, and would like to > make it unrestricted if possible. > According to this thread in the Debian bug tracker, FSF says it is OK starting from faad2 version 2.6: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419339#65 The patent issue statement from the website is different from the README inside the distfile. The README warns about usage, not distribution of binaries: "Please note that the use of this software may require the payment of patent royalties." -- Nicolas
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