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| author | netchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org> | 2018-08-02 04:01:27 +0800 |
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| committer | netchild <netchild@FreeBSD.org> | 2018-08-02 04:01:27 +0800 |
| commit | 9abe3b0fd69cdbb9c23dd8ca757c27fc4d0a04f2 (patch) | |
| tree | 257a75f2bf59994f8f4919cac30838667ab9bab7 | |
| parent | 76e904008a25164146a6791e4249383f1d347b80 (diff) | |
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Move patents text from the Makefile to a file.
While I'm here, make it more an explanatory text than just a
copy&paste from the previous comment of the Makefile.
Requested by: portmgr (mat)
| -rw-r--r-- | audio/lame/Makefile | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt | 27 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/audio/lame/Makefile b/audio/lame/Makefile index e3b29c266982..4beec2a6a83f 100644 --- a/audio/lame/Makefile +++ b/audio/lame/Makefile @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ PORTNAME= lame PORTVERSION= 3.100 -PORTREVISION= 1 +PORTREVISION= 2 CATEGORIES= audio MASTER_SITES= SF/${PORTNAME:tl}/${PORTNAME:tl}/3.100 @@ -15,16 +15,7 @@ LICENSE_COMB= multi LICENSE_FILE_LGPL20+ = ${WRKSRC}/COPYING LICENSE_NAME_PATENTS= Intellectual Property Precaution LICENSE_PERMS_PATENTS= dist-mirror dist-sell no-pkg-mirror no-pkg-sell auto-accept -LICENSE_TEXT_PATENTS= http://www.mp3licensing.com/ only talks about the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio \ - but there are also portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and \ - Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent -> Alcatel). \ - Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3 patents. Some \ - of the more recent ones are multi-channel related, which is not implemented in LAME. \ - There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent exists, which \ - one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet) expired. As such it is not \ - known if LAME could now be distributed as a binary package or not. \ - Linux distributions seem to go the "let\'s see if get sued" way, FreeBSD does not \ - follow this. +LICENSE_FILE_PATENTS= $(FILESDIR)/lame_patents.txt USES= gmake iconv libtool USE_LDCONFIG= yes diff --git a/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt b/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2d906788c66d --- /dev/null +++ b/audio/lame/files/lame_patents.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# $FreeBSD$ + +Intellectual Property Precaution + +Verious sources explain that the MP3 patents are expired. Various +linux distributions provide precompiled LAME packages for download +since then. + +Most sources, (e.g. http://www.mp3licensing.com/) only talk about +the FhG and Technicolor patent portfolio, but there are also +portfolios from Sisvel (from Philips) and Nokia (from AT&T -> Lucent +-> Alcatel). + +Some "old" patents are now expired, but there are more recent MP3 +patents. Some of the more recent ones are e.g. multi-channel related. +Multi-channel (>2 channels) is not implemented in LAME, but this +doesn't mean that there are other patents which could match what +is implemented in LAME. + +There was no investigation (in the LAME project) about which patent +exists, which one is implemented in LAME, and which one is not (yet) +expired. As such it is not known if LAME could now be distributed +as a binary package or not. + +Linux distributions seem to go the "let's see if get sued" way, +FreeBSD does not follow this. + |