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Bug 186909
Summary: | Review Request: libmpcdec: Musepack audio decoding library | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Rex Dieter <rdieter> |
Component: | Package Review | Assignee: | Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael> |
Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Fedora Package Reviews List <fedora-package-review> |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | rawhide | CC: | bugs.michael, matthias |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
URL: | http://www.musepack.net/ | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
Last Closed: | 2006-04-01 18:03:56 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
Embargoed: | |||
Bug Depends On: | |||
Bug Blocks: | 163779, 186912 |
Description
Rex Dieter
2006-03-27 12:52:06 UTC
I know that the musepack page says "patentless code", but it does seem like something quite hard to be 100% sure of, no? Do you have any more information about that claim? I've browsed through the website, FAQ, links etc. and didn't find anything. No, I have no further information, but, IMO, it's pretty hard to *prove* it doesn't contain patented code, especially if the dev's claim it. I'm of the opinion that their claim should be believed/respected, unless/until evidence comes to light to the contrary. Licence is not LGPL, but BSD (aka "New BSD" or "Modified BSD"): http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php Else: APPROVED I've contacted upstream to seek for clarification with regard to the use of the term "patentless code". The not-so-short response confirmed my initial assumptions. The current code means to be "free of patents" in a similar way like Ogg Vorbis (rpm -qi libvorbis). That statement on the web page is quite unfortunate, as it mixed past and present and thereby raises doubts for anybody who is not intimately familiar with the code. Thanks Michael for the clarification(s). I'll import and change the license (not sure where I got LGPL from??) Imported, build queued. |