Ainsi parlait Zdenek Kabelac : > On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 05:01:00PM +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > > by using --enable-lame-bin, one get > > libmp3lamebin_audioenc.la and .so files > > by using -disable-lame-bin, one get > > libmp3lame_audioenc.la and .so files > > one of them has libmp3lame compiled in - but its quite old version 3.70 > (though it's tha last stable release if I do remember it correctly) > - and can't be legaly distributed in binary form! > > lamebin opens the library in runtime - (the plugin itself > actually could be integral part of libavifile (and will be probably > one day as it will take significantly less space :)), > but as the amount of developers is very limited (mostly one :)) I do not > plan to make this change in the near time horizont... > > Basic idea behind this is - you could not distribute binary mp3 codec > (unless you wish pay to $25000/year for licence) but you could distribute > plugin which is able to open library in runtime. > > So you will have to install library by yourself from the source > (or you may setup your apt to some URL pointing to the people who > do not affraid about possible law problems :) > (but many people already have libmp3lame installed) > - another advantage is that the creator of the package doesn't has to have > libmp3lame installed yet he is still able create this plugin which will > be usable by other users) So, contrary to my initial belief, libmp3lamebin is the legal distributable version, and libmp3lame is not ?
Why not have more explicit flags for configure: --enable-lame-plugin for creating libmp3lame --disable-lame-plugin for creating one-day-will-disapear libmp3lamebin ? -- Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key http://lis.snv.jussieu.fr/~rousse/gpgkey.html _______________________________________________ Avifile mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://prak.org/mailman/listinfo/avifile
