Re: [MP3 ENCODER] LAME license, once again...

[Nils Faerber]

> Hi Greg,
Hello!

> you wrote on Sat, Oct 16 1999:
> >You said yourself "They have a bad encoder that is coupled via DLL
> >into their program"..  Sounds like they dont want to spend the $$ on
> >a good encoder, so they want to use lame to enhance their product.
And even if, what's the big deal with it?
Do we want Lame to be used? I think yes.
Look at the Linux development. It is used in many commercial applications
and many of them contain parts which are not GPL'ed.

> I have the same feeling about this. What I don't understand: there are
> zillions of front-ends for encoders, I don't understand, what makes
> this particular program so unique, that it can't be GPL'd.
Because the ripper frontend is itself contained in the download program
which cannot be made GPL.
CU
  nils

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