Re: [OE-core] dropping commerical flags in mpg123 and lame recipes

I *think* we're good to do this. If you could send a patch with a nice long commit message with sources and comparisons to other distros, then we can have a concrete patch to review and get further advice on. Ross On 15 April 2018 at 09:12, Carlos Rafael Giani wrote: >

Re: [OE-core] dropping commerical flags in mpg123 and lame recipes

Please note that the Fraunhofer page is from May 2017. These sources suggest that the final patent expired in December 2017: https://madfileformatscience.garymcgath.com/2016/04/05/mp3patent/ https://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/ Fedora now added LAME and mpg123 support,

Re: [OE-core] dropping commerical flags in mpg123 and lame recipes

On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Carlos Rafael Giani wrote: > The lame and mpg123 can be built only if the commercial flag is whitelisted. > > However, the remaining mp3 patents expired in December, and no more > royalties exist. This is why in GStreamer, the mpg123 and

[OE-core] dropping commerical flags in mpg123 and lame recipes

The lame and mpg123 can be built only if the commercial flag is whitelisted. However, the remaining mp3 patents expired in December, and no more royalties exist. This is why in GStreamer, the mpg123 and lame plugins were moved from -ugly to -good. So, can we drop the commercial flag in