Hi Alexander! On Thu, 04 Oct 2001, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On 3 Okt, Brent Geery wrote: > > I just want to clarify some facts. > > >>there is nothing illegal about the whole LAME project. FhG put out > >>ISO sources as a guideline, which can be modified legally. > > > > I'm not talking about the source, nor the project. You can "use" > > source. I was referring to the binaries, that are required to do > > anything useful. Those that use the binaries ARE THIEVES (including > > (Note: I'm not a lawyer) > > The binaries aren't illegal. The distribution of the binaries without a > license is illegal. > And you aren't a thief if you _use_ the binary, but you violate some > intellectual propperty laws if you _distribute_ the binary. > > >>Over the last few years some very > >>educated people have chosen to dedicate their valuable time into this > >>project so YOU can make decent sounding mp3's now, thanks to their > >>effords. > > > > I TOTALLY value there effort. LAME is amazing (same for MAME.) In > > fact, I want to make sure their rights are protected. This includes > > insuring that source is not "hijacked" by some control freaks, but > > instead remains within the letter and spirit of the GLP licensing > > terms. > > LAME is LGPL'ed, not GPL'ed. Ops, sorry, in http://www.mp3dev.org/mp3 says "GPLed".. I guess this creates confusion :) (most of my other comments still apply anyway). > But because LAME is licensed to the LGPL, they can legally use LAME if > they use the DLL or some kind of plugin for which they provide the > source. > > > And even if GPL allowed some way for the company to license the use of > > LAME, just who would get that money? You? The original programmer? > > See, LAME is not "owned" by anyone, so there is nobody to pay. > > It is perfectly legal to get money even for GPLed software. Look at suse > or redhat, they sell GPLed software. The spirit of the GPL isn't about > preventing the sale of software. > It is the users decission if he want's to spend money for GPLed > software. All agreeded :) -- $B!V$3$N%;!<%i!<%`!<%s$,7n$K$+$o$C$F!#!#!#!!$*$7$*$-$h!*!W(B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!7nLn$&$5$.!"#1#9#9#2!#(B $B!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!VH~>/=w@o;N%;!<%i!<%`!<%s!W(B Home page: http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/6905 Anime radio: http://www.live365.com/stations/124148 Jpop/Jrock radio: http://www.live365.com/stations/228551 perl -le '$_="6110>374086;2064208213:90<307;55";tr[0->][ LEOR!AUBGNSTY];print' _______________________________________________ mp3encoder mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/mp3encoder
