[MPlayer-users] Re: thinking about mpeg4 licence etc.

[gabor]

sorry, but no.
from mp3lame webpage:

 Following the great history of GNU naming, LAME originally stood for
LAME Ain't an Mp3 Encoder.     LAME started life as a GPL'd patch
against the dist10 ISO demonstration source, and thus was incapable of
producing an mp3 stream or even being compiled by itself.   But in May
2000, the last remnants of the ISO source code were replaced, and now
LAME is the source code for a fully LGPL'd MP3 encoder, with speed and
quality to rival all commercial competitors. 

which is interesting, because i couldn't find anything about how they
survive the licensing issues... 

bye,
gabor


On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 17:05, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > > Patents apply to every implementation (unlike copyright). So even if
> > > you code it from scratch, you are still bound by the patents.
> > 
> > ok, but then what about lame?
> > 
> > it's an mp3 encoder... i don't think they pay anything to frauenhofer...
> > 
> 
> hehe :)
> no, lame is not an encoder. it isn't even an application, it's just a
> collection or various sources, just like mplayer was some time ago...
> 
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
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