[FFmpeg-soc] AAC Encoding - Where we stand, what's left

[Alex Converse]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Michael Niedermayer<michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 09:05:41PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> [...]
>> > >> All of the encoder source lacks copyright notices/licensing terms
>> > >>
>> > >> >From the Documentation:
>> > >>
>> > >> No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission.
>> > >> The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.
>> > >>
>> > >> © 2008, 3GPP Organizational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TTA, TTC).
>> > >> All rights reserved.
>> > >>
>> > >> >From the build system:
>> > >>
>> > >> # Copyright (c) Coding Technologies 2003
>> > >> # All Rights Reserved
>> > >
>> > > So this is completely nonfree, you may neither modify nor distribute it.
>> > > This is not something you can use as a base for your work unless you
>> > > wish to throw your time away...
>> >
>> > Let's not forget that lame started out as a dist10 patchset.
>
> do you think lame would be better or worse now did it start free of
> propriatary code?
> That said, is it free of dist10 code now in a legally sound way?
>

Yes in the early 2000s the last of the dist10 sources was removed.
There was much celebration.

--Alex