On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Nils Faerber wrote:
> Hello!
> Some time ago Mark initiated a discussion about Lame's license. At the
> moment Lame is fully GPL which involves some problems.
> If Lame is compiled as a DLL then the LGPL applies.
> If Lame is compiled as a standalone program then GPL applies.
Why not run as standalone?
> Or the header files would have to become completely free in order to
> protect derived work from becoming GPLed too.
> Why I ask this again is the fact that this company also has a licensing
> aggreement for MP3 encoders.
> This way we could legalize Lame, i.e. every
> Lame user could finally buy a legal Lame license!
> This is rediculous I know because we would have to buy a license for a
> program we developed ourselves but that how patends strike back ;(
By doing this we just legitimize their patent complaints.
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