>
> Next is the licensing problem. They can distribute Lame because they have a
> licensing agreement with FhG. I am currently discussing with them the
> posssibility to license Lame alone without having to buy their MP3 Player ;)
> This way everyone could use Lame legally though it is still ridiculous to
> license a free project :(
> Comments welcome...
> CU
> nils
>
I think it is a good idea. I dont think too many individuals would
bother, but small companies which cant afford the $15,000 up front
could then buy legal copies for a small fee.
Also I'm leaning more and more towards switching to the LGPL, if
I can get all the other copyright holders to agree, with a clause
saying something like:
1. If you determine that distribution of LAME requires a patent license,
and you obtain a patent license, you may distribute LAME even though
redistribution of LAME may also require a patent license.
I like the idea of sticking with the GPL to promote more free
software. But for LAME, I think the benifit is less usefull since it
is not possible to distribute LAME with any GPL software. LAME is
never going to make it on the RedHat CD :-(
Mark
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